From Toward An Egalitarian Ecclesia at Theology for the Masses (writing of 1 Timothy 2:12):
Interestingly enough, the history of translations of this passage is that the dominant translation of this word before WWII had to do with the violent treatment of men in the congregation – ‘usurping authority’ in the KJV is among the least obvious of these and even it has remnants of the idea.
The notion that "authority" was not seen in the the passage until WWII is wrong - especially reading the study notes and commentaries.
There weren't all that many translations: