Where does “jurist” come from?
Jurist comes from Middle French juriste, a practitioner of law or legal expert.
jurist (English): An expert of law or someone who researches...
Definitions
- An expert of law or someone who researches...
Ancestry of “jurist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | juriste | — |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | iurista | jurist |
| 3 | Latin | iūs | law, right |
| 4 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |