auctorité

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Middle French

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Etymology

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From Old French autorité, with the c added back to reflect the original Latin etymon auctoritas, from which it was borrowed.

Noun

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auctorité f (plural auctoritez)

  1. 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

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  • French: autorité

Old French

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Noun

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auctorité oblique singularf (oblique plural auctoritez, nominative singular auctorité, nominative plural auctoritez)

  1. Alternative form of autorité