The story
- Medieval Latin · derived fromsophisticātiōnis
- Old French · derived fromsofisticacion, sophisticacion
- Middle English · inherited fromsophisticacion, sophisticacioun, sophisticacoun
- English todaysophistication
From Middle English sophisticacion, sophisticacioun, sophisticacoun, from Old French sofisticacion, sophisticacion, from Medieval Latin sophisticātiōnis. By surface analysis, sophisticate + -ion.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.