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Where does “juror” come from?

Juror derives from Middle English jurour, from Anglo-Norman jurour, from Latin iurator meaning "one who swears," formed from Latin ius meaning "law" or "oath" with the agent suffix -tor.

juror (English): A member of a jury

Definitions

  1. A member of a jury

Ancestry of “juror”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishjurourjuror; member of a jury; A person eligible to...
2Anglo-Normanjurour—
3Latiniuratorsecond-person singular future passive imperative...
4Latin-tor-er
5Proto-Italic-tōr—
6Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
7Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “juror”

  • nonjuror
  • cojuror
  • nonjurorism
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →