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Legislation — Definition and First Known Use
- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster Editors
- YEAR
- 2026
- PUBLISHER
- Merriam-Webster
- DOI
- Not recorded
- SOURCE TYPE
- historical dictionary
- EXTERNAL RECORD
- OPEN ORIGINAL ↗
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CONTRARIAN TRUTH CLAIMS
RANKED REVEALS THAT CITE THIS SOURCE
RANK 13GRADE Asupports
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-
*leǵ- → lēx → lēgislātiō, lēgislātiōnem → législation → legislation
First Known UseReports English legislation in 1606.
legislation dossier ↗truth record ↗89UNVEILING
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SCHOLARLY DISAGREEMENT
DISPUTE POSITIONS THAT CITE THIS SOURCE
opensupportsprobable
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.
First Known UseReports 1606.
resolvedsupportsestablished
Was legislation formed from the English verb legislate?
No. English legislation is recorded by the seventeenth century, while Etymonline dates legislate to 1805 as a back-formation from legislation or legislator.
First Known Use: 1606Shows the English noun centuries before the reported verb back-formation.
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CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP CLAIMS
EDGES THAT CITE THIS SOURCE
EDGE 453challengesprobable
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
First Known UseReports a substantially earlier English first-known-use year of 1606.
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LEXICAL ATTESTATIONS
WITNESSES REPORTED BY THIS SOURCE
legislationSOURCE-REPORTED
legislation
Merriam-Webster source-reported English record
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COMPARATIVE EVIDENCE
COGNATES, DESCENDANTS, AND RELATIVES
No comparative-relative record currently cites this source.
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GEOGRAPHIC AND TEMPORAL CLAIMS
JOURNEY STAGES THAT CITE THIS SOURCE
stage 4supports
England
Reports the 1606 English horizon.
First Known Use · regionalstage 5supports
Global English
Documents the modern law-making, enactment, and legislative-business senses.
Definitions · global070
NON-GENEALOGICAL CONNECTIONS
HISTORICAL CONTEXT, KEPT SEPARATE
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WORD-FAMILY REUSE
DOSSIERS THAT DEPEND ON THIS SOURCE
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