enformacioun

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === enformacion, informacion, informacioun, information enfarmacion, enfromacion, infformacion, infformacyoun, informacyon (rare) === Etymology === Borrowed from Anglo-Norman and Middle French enformacion, informacion or its etymon Late Latin īnfōrmātiō; equivalent to enformen (“to provide with information”) +‎ -acioun. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛnfɔrˌmaːsiˈuːn/, /ɛnfɔrˈmaːsjun/, /in-/ === Noun === enformacioun Teaching, education; the dissemination of knowledge: Informing; the dissemination of specified facts. Accusation; the dissemination of a supposed wrong. Information, specific knowledge on a topic: Advice, exhortation; information offered to guide behaviour. Substantiation; information offered supporting a claim. (rare) Inspiration, stimulation; that which engenders. (rare) The act of instituting or founding; foundation. (rare) Mental or spiritual strengthening or fortification. ==== Descendants ==== English: information Middle Scots: informatioun ==== References ==== “informāciǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.