Where does “lawfare” come from?
lawfare (English) comes from English Law, from English speaker, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a.
lawfare (English): The use of the judicial system against one's...
Definitions
- The use of the judicial system against one's...
Ancestry of “lawfare”, step by step
lawfare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Law
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Law | perhaps originally meaning someone who lives near a burial mound |
| 2 | English | speaker | One who speaks; Loudspeaker; Speakerphone |
| 3 | English | -ine | Of or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;... |
| 4 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 5 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 6 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 7 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 8 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |
via English warfare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | warfare | The waging of war or armed conflict against an... |
| 2 | English | fare | A going; journey; travel; voyage; course;... |
| 3 | Middle English | fare | journey, going |
| 4 | Old English | fær | sudden danger, calamity; sudden attack; ambush; a... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | *far | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | farą | a means of passing, ford, ferry |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |