Where does “snap judgment” come from?
snap judgment (English) comes from English Judgment, from Middle English juggement, from Old French jugement, from Late Latin iudicamentum, from Latin iūdicō, from Latin iūdex, from Latin iūs, from Latin dīcō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
snap judgment (English): A decision made without deliberation or in excessive haste
Definitions
- A decision made without deliberation or in excessive haste
Ancestry of “snap judgment”, step by step
snap judgment traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Judgment
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Judgment | The act of judging |
| 2 | Middle English | juggement | judgment |
| 3 | Old French | jugement | judgment |
| 4 | Late Latin | iudicamentum | — |
| 5 | Latin | iūdicō | to examine judicially, judge, pass judgement, decide; condemn |
| 6 | Latin | iūdex | judge |
| 7 | Latin | iūs | law, right |
| 8 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 9 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 10 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 11 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 12 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 13 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 14 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 15 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 16 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |