Where does “huissier de justice” come from?

huissier de justice (French) comes from French huissier, from Old French ussier, from Vulgar Latin ustiarius, from Latin ostiārius, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

huissier de justice (French): huissier de justice; collector

Definitions

  1. huissier de justice; collector

Ancestry of “huissier de justice”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchhuissierAn usher, "particularly:"
2Old Frenchussierdoorman; doorkeeper
3Vulgar Latinustiariusdoorkeeper
4Latinostiāriusof or pertaining to a door
5Latin-āriuser
6Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)

Words derived from “huissier de justice”

Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Latin ostiārius →