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bru 5 months ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Instead of “auth”, we should say “permissions” and...

That's because they share the same root auto-, i.e. "self". Because they're related concepts...

yencabulator 5 months ago [–]

Apparently not.

> “Authorization” comes from “auctor” in Latin, meaning “leader” or “author”

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40493073

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