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Middle French
Etymology
From Old French autorité, with the c added back to reflect the original Latin etymon auctoritas, from which it was borrowed.
Noun
auctorité f (plural auctoritez)
- authority
15th century (date of publication), Rustichello da Pisa (original author), Mazarine Master (scribe), The Travels of Marco Polo, page 7, line 1:et estoit legat de grant auctorité- and was a legat of great authority
Descendants
Old French
Noun
auctorité oblique singular, f (oblique plural auctoritez, nominative singular auctorité, nominative plural auctoritez)
- Alternative form of autorité