verificatio

Forms

vērificātiō f (genitive vērificātiōnis); third declension^[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin vērificō (“to verify”) + -tiō.^[2][1]

Earliest recorded meaning

It is a Medieval Latin word, first recorded about 1250 in British sources,^[3] meaning verification or proof.^[2]

Semantic evolution

In British Medieval Latin it meant verification or proof, used by Roger Bacon, Ockham and the legal treatise Fleta; in law verificatio patriae was proof by a jury.^[2] Neo-Latin writers used it for a proof, as one of the parts of a full argument.^[4]

English borrowed it in the 1520s as verification.^[5]

Timeline

• c. 1250 – First recorded in British Medieval Latin.^[3]
• 1520s – English borrows it as verification.^[5]

Meanings

Noun

1. (Medieval Latin) Verification, proof.^[2][4]
2. (Medieval Latin, law) verificatio patriae, proof by a jury.^[2]

Related words

• verus
• English verification

References

1. ^ a b Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e Latham, R. E., D. R. Howlett, R. K. Ashdowne, et al. (1975–2013), Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: British Academy / Oxford University Press
3. ^ a b Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
4. ^ a b Ramminger, Johann, Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, www.neulatein.de
5. ^ a b Harper, Douglas. Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com