Where does “forejudgment” come from?
forejudgment (English) comes from English Judgment, from Middle English juggement, from Old French jugement, from Late Latin iudicamentum, from Latin iūdicō, from Latin iūdex, from Latin iūs, from Latin dīcō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
forejudgment (English): prejudgment
Definitions
- prejudgment
Ancestry of “forejudgment”, step by step
forejudgment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Judgment
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Judgment | The act of judging |
| 2 | Middle English | juggement | judgment |
| 3 | Old French | jugement | judgment |
| 4 | Late Latin | iudicamentum | — |
| 5 | Latin | iūdicō | to examine judicially, judge, pass judgement, decide; condemn |
| 6 | Latin | iūdex | judge |
| 7 | Latin | iūs | law, right |
| 8 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 9 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 10 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 11 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 12 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 13 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 14 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 15 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 16 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |