validation

Forms

validation f (plural validations)^[1]

Etymology

It is formed from French valider + -ation.^[2][1][3] The verb valider (1411) is from Latin validō, from validus (“strong, healthy”).^[4][3]

Earliest recorded meaning

It is first recorded in 1529, in a royal act collected in Isambert's Recueil général des anciennes lois françaises, for the action of making a legal act valid.^[2][5]

Semantic evolution

Bloch and Wartburg date the word to 1598, and the Grand Robert to 1600;^[4][6] Littré and the GLLF quote Agrippa d'Aubigné's Histoire for the late 16th century, speaking of the validation of levied money.^[7][8]

In 1869 the word was applied to elections, for the check by which an assembly confirms that its members were validly elected.^[2][3][8] Its opposite is invalidation.^[8][5]

Timeline

• 1529 – First recorded for the validation of a legal act.^[2][3][5]
• Late 1500s – Agrippa d'Aubigné uses it of levied money.^[7][8]
• 1598 – The date Bloch and Wartburg give.^[4]
• 1869 – Used of the validation of an election, in the Annales du Sénat et du Corps législatif.^[2][8]

Meanings

Noun

1. The act of validating something, or its result: la validation d'un testament, la validation d'un ticket.^[2][5][7]
2. (law) The procedure by which an assembly confirms that the election of its members was valid.^[2][8]

Related words

• valider
• valide
• validité
• invalidation
• revalidation
• Latin validus

References

1. ^ a b c Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f g Trésor de la langue française informatisé (2004), ATILF – CNRS & Université de Lorraine, atilf.fr/tlfi; electronic version of Imbs, Paul; Quemada, Bernard, eds. (1971–1994), Trésor de la langue française, Paris: CNRS / Gallimard
3. ^ a b c d Rey, Alain, ed. (1992), Dictionnaire historique de la langue française, Paris: Le Robert
4. ^ a b c Bloch, Oscar; Wartburg, Walther von (1989), Dictionnaire étymologique de la langue française, 8th ed., Paris: Presses universitaires de France
5. ^ a b c d Rey-Debove, Josette; Rey, Alain, eds. (2007), Le Petit Robert de la langue française, Paris: Le Robert
6. ^ Rey, Alain, ed. (2005), Le Grand Robert de la langue française, electronic version, Paris: Le Robert
7. ^ a b c Littré, Émile (1873–1877), Dictionnaire de la langue française, 4 vols. and supplement, Paris: Hachette
8. ^ a b c d e f Guilbert, Louis; Lagane, René; Niobey, Georges, eds. (1971–1978; 1989), Grand Larousse de la langue française, Paris: Larousse