Etymology

establishment

es·tab·lish·ment
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Today it means: The act or process of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation. Full definition →

Middle English stablishment ← Old French establissement ← Latin stabilīre
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sth₂éh₁yeti
  3. Proto-Italic*staējō
  4. Proto-Italic*staēō
  5. Proto-Italic*staðlis?
  6. Latinstabilis
  7. Latinstabilīre
  8. Old Frenchestablir
  9. Old Frenchestablissement
  10. Middle Englishstablishment
  11. English todayestablishment

Inherited from Middle English *establishment, stablishment, stablisshement, from Old French establissement (modern French établissement), from the verb establir. By surface analysis, establish + -ment.

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