Award
/əˈwɔːrd/noun
A prize, honor, or formal decision granting something to someone.
Did you know?In Old French legal language, an award was originally a formal decision or judgment, showing how words of power could transfer status, property, and fate in one spoken act.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Germanic
PGmc
*wardōjaną
“to watch, guard, or turn in a certain direction”
Old English
OE
weardian
“to guard, protect, or keep”
Old French
OF
eswarder / awarder
“to decide, judge, or assign by formal judgment”
Middle English
ME
awarden
“to grant, assign, or make a legal decision”
Modern English
English
award
“a prize or formal grant; also the act of deciding or granting”