Where does “justiceward” come from?
justiceward (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.
justiceward (English): Leaning or leading toward justice
Definitions
- Leaning or leading toward justice
Ancestry of “justiceward”, step by step
justiceward 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 ward
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ward | A warden; a guard; a guardian or watchman;... |
| 2 | Middle English | ward | ward, keeping |
| 3 | Old English | weard | guard; guard, the action of looking out for... |
| 4 | Old English | ōra | ore, unwrought metal |
| 5 | Old English | ēar | sea, ocean; grave, earth |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | ahaz | ear |
| 7 | Proto-Finnic | ahtas | narrow, cramped |
| 8 | Proto-Baltic | anśtas | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énǵʰus | narrow, tight |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂enǵʰ- | to constrict, tighten, compress; narrow, tight;... |