On: Instead of “auth”, we should say “permissions” and...

[bru]

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

[yencabulator → bru]

Apparently not.

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

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