Vesting
/ˈvɛs.tɪŋ/noun
The act of giving or acquiring a legal right, title, or control over something.
Did you know?Vesting comes from legal Latin *vestire* (“to clothe”), because in Roman law, rights could be ‘put on’ like a garment before they fully belonged to you.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*wes-
“to clothe, dress”
Latin
Latin
vestire
“to clothe, dress”
Late Latin
Latin
vestire
“to invest with authority or possession; to clothe legally”
Old French
Old French
vester / vestir
“to clothe”
Middle English
English
vesten
“to clothe; to endow with a right”
Modern English
English
vesting
“the act of giving or acquiring a legal right or title”