reputation

The story

1. Latin · derived fromreputātiōnem“consideration, thinking over”
2. Middle French · derived fromreputation
3. Anglo-Norman · derived fromreputacion, reputacioun
4. Middle English · inherited fromreputacion, reputacioun, reputation, reputatioun
5. English todayreputation

14c. "credit, good reputation", from Middle English reputacion, reputacioun, reputation, reputatioun, from Anglo-Norman reputacion, reputacioun, Middle French reputation (French réputation), and their etymon Latin reputātiōnem (“consideration, thinking over”), noun of action from past participle stem of reputō (“reflect upon, reckon, count over”), from the prefix re- (“again”) + putō (“reckon, consider”). By surface analysis, repute + -ation. Displaced native Old English hlīsa (“reputation, fame”)