English
roboration
Roboration comes from Medieval Latin rōborātiō ‘strengthening, confirmation, validity’.
- Medieval Latinmodernrōborātiō‘strengthening, confirmation, validity’
- Englishearliest quotation 1666roboration
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- Medieval Latinmodernrōborātiō‘strengthening, confirmation, validity’
- Englishearliest quotation 1666roboration
Earliest quotation: 1666, Everard Maynwaringe: “This Roboration and fortifying of Nature is necessary ,…”
Formed from roborate + -tion
Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- ‘red’
Proto-Italic *rouβos
Latin rōbur ‘strength’
Latin roboro ‘to strengthen, to confirm’
English roborate
Every English word from Medieval Latin rōborātiō
Today it means
noun Synonym of confirmation or ratification.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Medieval Latin rōborātiō / roboration