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CNRTL / TLFi: législation — Étymologie et histoire

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Legislation came before legislate.

The noun preserves a Latin law-bearing or law-proposing compound. English legislate was later back-formed from the already existing noun family.

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*leǵ- → lēx → lēgislātiō, lēgislātiōnem → législation → legislation

Étymologie et histoire

Independently documents Latin legislatio and its two components.

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legislation → législation

Present-Day English → French · borrowing

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English legislation borrows French législation with learned English stress and pronunciation.
MEANING
The making of laws and the resulting body of laws remain central while legislative-business senses develop.
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Etymonline · CNRTL editors
French and English chronology

Documents the fourteenth-century French word and the pre-1655 English horizon reported by NED.

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EDGE 454supportsestablished

législation → lēgislātiō, lēgislātiōnem

French → Medieval Latin · borrowing

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French législation borrows Medieval or Late Latin legislatio with regular Romance adaptation.
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Proposal or bearing of a law develops into law-making authority and a body of laws.
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CNRTL · Etymonline editors
Étymologie et histoire

Documents Latin legislatio and fourteenth-century French législation.

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EDGE 455supportsestablished

lēgislātiō, lēgislātiōnem → lēx

Medieval Latin → Latin · compound component

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Latin legislatio contains legis, the genitive of lēx “law”; this path follows the law component while lātio is modeled separately.
MEANING
Law is the object being proposed, borne forward, or enacted.
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Merriam-Webster · CNRTL · Etymonline editors
Étymologie: legis plus latio

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EDGE 460supportsestablished

lēgislātiō, lēgislātiōnem → lātiō

Medieval Latin → Latin · compound component

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The lātio component is preserved inside legislatio alongside genitive legis; no sound change beyond compounding is asserted.
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Bearing or proposing supplies the action applied to a law.
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Merriam-Webster · CNRTL · Etymonline editors
Étymologie: latio formed on latum of ferre

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lātiō → ferre

Latin → Latin · derivation

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Latin lātio is analyzed through lātum / lātus, the suppletive participial material used with ferre.
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The general action of bearing or bringing specializes to proposing something for acceptance.
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Merriam-Webster · CNRTL · Latin lexicography
Étymologie: latio from latum of ferre

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