Where does “ratify” come from?
Ratify comes from Old French ratifier, from Latin ratifico meaning to make valid, derived from ratus meaning fixed or settled, from reor meaning to think or believe, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁-.
ratify (English): To give formal consent to; make officially valid,...
Definitions
- To give formal consent to; make officially valid,...
Ancestry of “ratify”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Middle English | ratifien | — |
Words derived from “ratify”