Where does “justificare” come from?
justificare (Romanian) comes from Romanian justifica, from French justifier, from Old French justifier, from Latin iustificō, from Latin iūstus, from Latin iūs, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō — limestone; chalk; the finish line.
justificare (Romanian): justification; act of justifying
Definitions
- justification; act of justifying
Ancestry of “justificare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | justifica | to justify |
| 2 | French | justifier | to justify |
| 3 | Old French | justifier | to show to be innocent |
| 4 | Latin | iustificō | to act justly (towards) |
| 5 | Latin | iūstus | just, righteous |
| 6 | Latin | iūs | law, right |
| 7 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 8 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 9 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 10 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 11 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 12 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 13 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 14 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |