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attestation

at·tes·ta·tion

Today it means: A thing that serves to bear witness, confirm, or authenticate; validation, verification, documentation. Full definition →

Middle French attestation ← Latin attestātiō

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Latin · derived fromattestātiō
Middle French · derived fromattestation
English todayattestation

From Middle French attestation, from Latin attestātiō; by surface analysis, attest + -ation.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.