Etymology

authorization

auth·or·i·zation
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Today it means: An act of authorizing. Full definition →

English authorize ← Middle English auctorisen ← Old French auctorisier
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ewg-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂owg-éye-ti
  3. Proto-Italic*augejō
  4. Proto-Italic*augeō
  5. Latinaugeō
  6. Latinauctor
  7. Latinauctōrizō
  8. Old Frenchauctorisier
  9. Middle Englishauctorisen
  10. Englishauthorize
  11. English todayauthorization

From authorize + -ation.

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