The story
- Latin · derived fromapprobatio
- Old French · derived fromapprobacion
- Middle English · inherited fromapprobacioun
- English todayapprobation
From late Middle English approbacioun, from Old French approbacion (French approbation), from Latin approbatio, from approbare (“to assent to as good, approve, also show to be good, confirm”), from ad (“to”) + probare (“approve, commend”), from probus (“good”). By surface analysis, approbate + -ion.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.