Where does “judgmental” come from?
Judgmental comes from English judgment, combining English aldehyde from German Aldehyd, Old French -ment from Latin -mentum meaning result or means of action, Latin dico meaning to say, and Proto-Indo-European deyḱ- and men-.
judgmental (English): Of or relating to judgment; Inclined to rashly...
Definitions
- Of or relating to judgment; Inclined to rashly...
Ancestry of “judgmental”, step by step
| 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 |