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Reputation comes from Anglo-Norman reputacion, from Latin reputātiō ‘consideration’, from reputō ‘to think over’, from putō ‘to reckon’.

1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEputus¹‘clean, pure’
2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEputō¹‘to prune; to reckon, think’
3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEreputō¹‘to reckon, think over’
4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEreputātiō¹‘consideration, thinking over’
5. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400reputacion¹‘reputation’
6. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500reputacion¹‘reputation’
7. Englishearliest quotation 1529reputation¹

1. ¹ Wiktionary, English reputation
2. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1529, John Frith, Luft [i.e. Hoochstraten]: “And Balaam (or as the trueth of the hebrewe…”.