Where does “perjury” come from?

Perjury comes from Old French perjurie, from Latin perjurare, combining the prefix per- with iuro, from ius, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European h₂ey-.

perjury (English): The deliberate giving of false or misleading...

Definitions

  1. The deliberate giving of false or misleading...

Ancestry of “perjury”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchperjurie—
2Latinperjurareswear falsely
3Latinjūrāre—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂yew-straight, upright, right; right, justice, law
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂óyulong time, lifetime
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ey-vital force, life, age, eternity; day, morning

Words derived from “perjury”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂óyu →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂yew- →