English
administration
Administration comes from Middle English administracioun, from Old French administration, from Latin administrātiō, from administrō ‘to manage’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEadministrōas administrare‘to manage, attend upon’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadministrātiō‘administration, management’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400administration
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500administracioun
- Englishearliest quotation 1949administration
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEadministrōas administrare‘to manage, attend upon’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadministrātiō‘administration, management’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400administration
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500administracioun
- Englishearliest quotation 1949administration
Earliest quotation: 1949, F. A. Hayek, The Intellectuals and Socialism: “[…] the fact that the propertied classes are no…”
Formed from administrate + -ion
Latin administrātus ‘attended, assisted, served’
English administrate
Linked words
through Proto-Italic *minōs ‘less’
through Latin minister ‘attendant’
Today it means
noun The act of administering; government of public affairs; the service rendered, or duties assumed, in conducting affairs; the conducting of any office or employment; direction.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin administrō / administration