Donation
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late Middle English: via Old French from Latin donatio(n- ), from the verb donare, based on donum ‘gift’.
wiktionary
From Middle English donacion, donation, from Middle French donation, from Latin dōnātiō(“a present”), from dōnō(“to give”), from dōnum(“a gift”). Recorded in English since the 15th century.
etymonline
donation (n.)
"act of giving or bestowing; that which is gratuitously given, a grant or gift," mid-15c., donacioun, from Old French donacion (13c.) and directly from Latin donationem (nominative donatio) "a presenting, giving," noun of action from past-participle stem of donare "give as a gift," from donum "gift," from PIE *donum "gift," from root *do- "to give."
