Where does “judiciary” come from?
Judiciary comes from Latin iudiciarius, from Latin -arius (suffix forming agent nouns) and Latin -ium, ultimately from Latin dico meaning to say or show, tracing to Proto-Indo-European deyḱ-.
judiciary (English): The collective body of judges, justices, etc; The...
Definitions
- The collective body of judges, justices, etc; The...
Ancestry of “judiciary”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | iūdiciārius | judicial, judiciary |
| 2 | Latin | iūdicium | judgment, decision |
| 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 |