Where does “metajuridical” come from?
metajuridical (English) comes from English juridical, from English juridic, from Latin iūridicus, from Latin iūs, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
metajuridical (English): Of or relating to legal judgments made about laws themselves
Definitions
- Of or relating to legal judgments made about laws themselves
Ancestry of “metajuridical”, step by step
metajuridical traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English juridical
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | juridical | Pertaining to the law or rule of law, legal;... |
| 2 | English | juridic | juridical |
| 3 | Latin | iūridicus | relating to the administration of justice; judiciary |
| 4 | Latin | iūs | law, right |
| 5 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |