Etymology

approvement

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Today it means: Improvement of common lands by converting them for advantage of the landlord. Full definition →

English approve ← Middle English aproven ← Old French aprover
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The story

  1. Latinapprobāre
  2. Old Frenchaprover
  3. Middle Englishaproven
  4. Englishapprove
  5. English todayapprovement

From approve + -ment.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.