köken: Derived from the German Low German and Middle Low German verb behören (“to belong”), for which High German usually uses gehören. The sense is “responsible institution”.
authority (the quality of being obeyed and respected, by knowledge, age, or status) · an authority, a government agency, a central government authority · majority, full age (being old enough to do business without parental consent)
institution (long established and respected organization, particularly one involved with public service) · institution · institution (established organisation, especially in historical contexts)
çekim: çoğul laitokset · tamlayan laitoksen
köken: laittaa (“to put, place; to prepare, make”) + -os. Coined by Finnish linguist and author Reinhold von Becker in the early to mid-19th century; earlier attested in senses like “order, organization”.
authority (power to enforce rules or give orders) · authority (government agency that runs a revenue-generating activity)
çekim: çoğul otoritas-otoritas
köken: From Dutch autoriteit, from Middle Dutch auctoriteit, from Old French auctorité, from Latin auctoritas (“invention, advice, opinion, influence, command”). The current form is influenced by the suffix -itas. Cognate with Piawai Malay autoriti.
köken: From Middle Welsh awdurdawt, from Proto-Brythonic *audʉrdọd, from Latin auctōritās. By surface analysis, awdur (“author”) + -dod (“-ness, -ment”).