Where does “litigation” come from?
Litigation comes from Latin litigatiō, derived from litigo meaning to dispute, ultimately from lis meaning quarrel or dispute, with the root in Proto-Indo-European wer- meaning to turn.
litigation (English): The conduct of a lawsuit
Definitions
- The conduct of a lawsuit
Ancestry of “litigation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | lītigātiō | dispute, quarrel |
| 2 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 3 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 4 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 5 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 7 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 8 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |