Etymology

apostille

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Today it means: A special certification established in 1961 for certifying foreign documents. Full definition →

French apostille ← Latin post
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frompost“after”
  2. French · derived fromapostille“a marginal note”
  3. English todayapostille

From French apostille (“a marginal note”), from Latin post (“after”) + illa (“these”) + verba (“words”).

Words from the same roots

Latinpost all →

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