Editing Official (section)

==Etymology==
The word ''official'' as a [[noun]] has been recorded since the [[Middle English]] period, first seen in 1314.<ref name=":1">{{cite news |date=25 Nov 2018 |title=Official vs. Officially - What's the difference? |publisher=Ask Difference |url=https://www.askdifference.com/official-vs-officially/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221006224633/https://www.askdifference.com/official-vs-officially/ |archive-date=6 October 2022}}</ref> It comes from the [[Old French]] ''{{Lang|ang|official}}'' (12th century), from the [[Latin]] ''{{Lang|la|officialis}}'' ("attendant to a magistrate, government official"), the noun use of the original [[adjective]] ''{{Lang|la|officialis}}'' ("of or belonging to duty, service, or office") from ''{{Lang|la|officium}}'' ("office"). The meaning "person in charge of some public work or duty" was first recorded in 1555. The adjective is first attested in English in 1533 via the Old French ''{{Lang|ang|oficial}}''. The informal term ''officialese'', the jargon of "officialdom", was first recorded in 1884.