Where does “justiceable” come from?
justiceable (English) comes from English justice, from Middle English justice, from Old French justise, from Old French justice, from Latin iūstitia, from Latin iūstus, from Latin iūs, from Latin dīcō — limestone; chalk; the finish line.
justiceable (English): Liable to trial in a court of justice
Definitions
- Liable to trial in a court of justice
Ancestry of “justiceable”, step by step
justiceable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English justice
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | justice | The state or characteristic of being just or... |
| 2 | Middle English | justice | — |
| 3 | Old French | justise | revenge; retribution; justice; fairness; equality |
| 4 | Old French | justice | Alternative form of justise |
| 5 | Latin | iūstitia | justice, fairness, equity |
| 6 | Latin | iūstus | just, righteous |
| 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 |
via English able
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | able | Easy to use; Suitable; competent; Liable to |
| 2 | Middle English | able | capable, expert, qualified, skilful, competent |
| 3 | Old French | able | able; capable |
| 4 | Latin | habilis | able to have/possess/maintain; having sufficient... |
| 5 | Latin | -ilis | -ile |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elis | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -elis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |