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CNRTL / TLFi: législation — Étymologie et histoire
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- SOURCE TYPE
- historical dictionary
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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.
*leǵ- → lēx → lēgislātiō, lēgislātiōnem → législation → legislation
Étymologie et histoireIndependently documents Latin legislatio and its two components.
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When does the reviewed English record for legislation begin?
The references disagree. Merriam-Webster reports 1606; Etymonline gives the 1650s, while CNRTL cites NED for before 1655. The earliest reviewed year remains source-reported rather than object-verified.
English chronology from NEDReports English legislation before 1655.
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legislation → législation
Present-Day English → French · borrowing
- SOUND
- 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.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Etymonline · CNRTL editors
French and English chronologyDocuments the fourteenth-century French word and the pre-1655 English horizon reported by NED.
législation → lēgislātiō, lēgislātiōnem
French → Medieval Latin · borrowing
- SOUND
- French législation borrows Medieval or Late Latin legislatio with regular Romance adaptation.
- MEANING
- Proposal or bearing of a law develops into law-making authority and a body of laws.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- CNRTL · Etymonline editors
Étymologie et histoireDocuments Latin legislatio and fourteenth-century French législation.
lēgislātiō, lēgislātiōnem → lēx
Medieval Latin → Latin · compound component
- SOUND
- 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.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster · CNRTL · Etymonline editors
Étymologie: legis plus latioIndependently documents the compound analysis.
lēgislātiō, lēgislātiōnem → lātiō
Medieval Latin → Latin · compound component
- SOUND
- The lātio component is preserved inside legislatio alongside genitive legis; no sound change beyond compounding is asserted.
- MEANING
- Bearing or proposing supplies the action applied to a law.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster · CNRTL · Etymonline editors
Étymologie: latio formed on latum of ferreIndependently documents the second component.
lātiō → ferre
Latin → Latin · derivation
- SOUND
- Latin lātio is analyzed through lātum / lātus, the suppletive participial material used with ferre.
- MEANING
- The general action of bearing or bringing specializes to proposing something for acceptance.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster · CNRTL · Latin lexicography
Étymologie: latio from latum of ferreIndependently documents the derivation.
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Medieval Latin Europe
Reports Medieval Latin legislatio around 1238.
Étymologie et histoire · broadFrance
Dates the French record.
French history: 1372–74 · regionalNON-GENEALOGICAL CONNECTIONS
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