Etymograph

English

notification

Notification comes from Latin nōtificātiō.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōtificātiō
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400notificacion
  3. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600notification
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2008notification

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEnōtificātiō
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400notificacion
  3. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600notification
  4. Englishearliest quotation 2008notification

Earliest quotation: 2008, Story Mode: “Watch for notifications on the top screen[.]”

Today it means

noun The act of notifying.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin nōtificātiō / notification