Where does “injudicious” come from?
Injudicious derives from Middle English in- (not) prefixed to judicious, from Latin in- (not) and Latin in (in), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ne (not) and oyd- and en (being).
injudicious (English): Showing poor judgement; not well judged
Definitions
- Showing poor judgement; not well judged
Ancestry of “injudicious”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | judicious | Having, characterized by, or done with good... |
| 2 | French | judicieux | judicious |
| 3 | Latin | iūdicō | to examine judicially, judge, pass judgement, decide; condemn |
| 4 | Latin | iūdex | judge |
| 5 | Latin | iūs | law, right |
| 6 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |