Where does “verdit” come from?

verdit (Middle English) comes from Old French verdit, from Vulgar Latin veredictum, from Latin dictum, from Latin dictus, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

verdit (Middle English): A verdict; a judgement or ruling; A position or...

Definitions

  1. A verdict; a judgement or ruling; A position or...

Ancestry of “verdit”, step by step

verdit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French verdit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchverditverdict
2Vulgar Latinveredictum
3Latindictuma word, saying, something said; proverb, maxim,...
4Latindictussaid, uttered; mentioned, spoken, having been...
5Latindīcōto say, talk, speak, utter, mention
6Latin-tiōtion, -ation, -ing
7Latindissertātiō(spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition
8Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
9Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
10Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
11Latincalceusshoe
12Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
13Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

via Anglo-Norman verdit

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normanverdit

Words derived from “verdit

Every word from Ancient Greek χάλιξEvery word from Latin -tiōEvery word from Latin dis-