subornation

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English suborn

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin -ātiōlbor.

Old French -ationbor.

Middle English -acioun

English -ation

English subornation

From suborn + -ation.

Noun

subornation (countable and uncountable, plural subornations)

1. The act of suborning
2. The procuring of someone to do a criminal act, especially to commit perjury

Translations

act of suborning

• Russian: подстрека́тельство (ru) n (podstrekátelʹstvo),

See also

• bribery
• corruption
• incitement
• inducement
• leading astray

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin subornatio. By surface analysis, suborner +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy.bɔʁ.na.sjɔ̃/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

subornation f (plural subornations)

1. subornation

Further reading

• “subornation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012