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
- To go to law; to carry on a lawsuit; To contest...
Ancestry of “litigate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | litigatus | disputed, quarrelled over, having been disputed;... |
| 2 | Latin | lītigō | — |
| 3 | Latin | līs | — |
| 4 | Old Latin | stlīs | — |
Words derived from “litigate”