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- Latin · derived fromcompensātiōnem
- Old French · derived fromcompensacion
- Middle English · inherited fromcompensacioun
- English todaycompensation
From Middle English compensacioun, from Old French compensacion, from Latin compensātiōnem, accusative singular of compensātiō. Equivalent to compensate + -ion.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.