Etymology

reauthorize

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Today it means: To authorize again, to give authority to anew. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ewg-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂owg-éye-ti
  8. Proto-Italic*augejō
  9. Proto-Italic*augeō
  10. Latinaugeō
  11. Latinauctor
  12. Latinauctōrizō
  13. Old Frenchauctorisier
  14. Middle Englishauctorisen
  15. Englishauthorize
  16. English todayreauthorize

From re- + authorize.

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