Legislation
/ˌlɛdʒ.ɪsˈleɪ.ʃən/noun
The act of making or enacting laws.
Did you know?The word ultimately comes from Latin legis latio, meaning the “carrying” or “bringing forward” of a law, so law was once imagined as something formally delivered into the world.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*leg-
“to gather, collect, pick out”
Latin
Latin
lex, legis
“law; a formal rule or statute”
Late Latin
Latin
legislatio
“a bringing forward of a law; lawmaking”
Old French
Old French
legislation
“the act of legislating; lawmaking”
Modern English
English
legislation
“the process or body of laws enacted by a governing body”