Where does “Unrechtsjustiz” come from?
Unrechtsjustiz (German) comes from German Justiz, from Latin iūstitia, from Latin iūstus, from Latin iūs, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Unrechtsjustiz (German): unjust justice; justice, carried out according to...
Definitions
- unjust justice; justice, carried out according to...
Ancestry of “Unrechtsjustiz”, step by step
Unrechtsjustiz traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Justiz
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Justiz | judiciary; judicial system; judicial authorities... |
| 2 | Latin | iūstitia | justice, fairness, equity |
| 3 | Latin | iūstus | just, righteous |
| 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 |
via German unrecht
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | unrecht | wrong, unethical |
| 2 | German | un- | un-; grave; bad; horrifying |
| 3 | Middle High German | un- | — |
| 4 | Old High German | un- | un-; prefix of negation, absence or contrariness |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | un- | not, un- |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | n̥- | not, un- |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ne | not |