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Where does “litigious” come from?

Litigious comes from Middle French litigieux, from Latin litigiosus, meaning quarrelsome or given to lawsuits.

litigious (English): Of or relating to litigation; Inclined to engage...

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to litigation; Inclined to engage...

Ancestry of “litigious”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlitigiosusquarrelsome; contentious, litigious; disputed,...
2Latinlitigium—
3Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
4Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
5Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
6Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “litigious”

  • litigiousness
  • litigiously
  • nonlitigious
  • overlitigious
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