Where does “litigate” come from?

Litigate comes from Latin litigare, derived from Latin lis meaning dispute and Latin vertere meaning to turn, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European wer-.

litigate (English): To go to law; to carry on a lawsuit; To contest...

Definitions

  1. To go to law; to carry on a lawsuit; To contest...

Ancestry of “litigate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlitigatusdisputed, quarrelled over, having been disputed;...
2Latinlītigōto dispute, quarrel
3Latinlīslawsuit, action
4Old Latinstlīs

Words derived from “litigate

Every word from Old Latin stlīs
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