enformacioun
Middle English
Alternative forms
- enformacion, informacion, informacioun, information
- enfarmacion, enfromacion, infformacion, infformacyoun, informacyon (rare)
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman and Middle French enformacion, informacion or its etymon Late Latin īnfōrmātiō; equivalent to enformen (“to provide with information”) + -acioun.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛnfɔrˌmaːsiˈuːn/, /ɛnfɔrˈmaːsjun/, /in-/
Noun
enformacioun
- Teaching, education; the dissemination of knowledge:
- Informing; the dissemination of specified facts.
- Accusation; the dissemination of a supposed wrong.
- Information, specific knowledge on a topic:
- Advice, exhortation; information offered to guide behaviour.
- Substantiation; information offered supporting a claim.
- (rare) Inspiration, stimulation; that which engenders.
- (rare) The act of instituting or founding; foundation.
- (rare) Mental or spiritual strengthening or fortification.
Descendants
- English: information
- Middle Scots: informatioun
References
- “informāciǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.