permission
English
/pəˈmɪʃən/, /pɚˈmɪʃən/
noun
Definitions
- authorisation; consent (especially formal consent from someone in authority)
- The act of permitting.
- (computing) Flags or access control lists pertaining to a file that dictate who can access it, and how.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French permission derived from Latin permissio.
Origin
Latin
permissio
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- permissionless English
- permissionlessness English
- permissio Latin
- permittō Latin
- permission French
- permisjon Norwegian Bokmål
- permisjon Norwegian Nynorsk
- permissie Middle Dutch
- permission Middle French