reputation

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | 404 words | Copyright

reputation †opinion, estimation; †general estimate; high esteem or credit. XIV. — L. reputātiō, -ōn- computation, consideration, f. reputāre, f. RE- + putāre reckon; see -ATION.
So repute consider, esteem. XV. — (O)F. réputer or L. reputāre. Hence repute †estimate; reputation (in neutral sense) XVI; (in favourable sense) XVII.

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