Etymology

validate

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Today it means: To render valid. Full definition →

Medieval Latin validātus ← Middle French valider
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validate · verb1

  1. Middle French · borrowed fromvalider
  2. Medieval Latin · borrowed fromvalidātus“to validate”
  3. English todayvalidate

First attested in 1648; borrowed from Medieval Latin validātus (“to validate”) (perhaps through Middle French valider), the perfect passive participle of validō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from validus + -ō (verb-forming suffix). By surface analysis, valid + -ate.

validate · adjective2

  1. Medieval Latin · borrowed fromvalidātus
  2. English todayvalidate

First attested in 1586; borrowed from Medieval Latin validātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymolgy 1 for more.

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