documentación

/dokumentaˈθjon/ · B2 · noun · f

documentation

📄 documentación = document + -ación (the act/result of papering things)

From Latin documentum, 'lesson, proof', from docere 'to teach'. Add the Spanish noun suffix -ación and you get the collected papers that prove something: documentation, or the papers you hand over at check-in.

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