English
validation
Validation comes from Middle French validation, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂welh₁-root as named · steps between not traced
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600validation
- Englishearliest quotation 2021same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂welh₁-root as named · steps between not traced
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600validation
- Englishearliest quotation 2021same form
Earliest quotation: 2021, Erika Moen and Matthew Nolan, What is... jealousy?: “In reality, brains go overboard with this sort of…”
Equivalent to validate + -ion
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁-
wild, value, equivalent, wool, velvet, avail, vale, wield, fluff, flannel, invalid, valuation, vail, cuckold, valiant, valour, velour, woll, lanolin, valorous, 43 more
Today it means
noun The act of validating something.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂welh₁- / validation