Where does “prejudicial” come from?
prejudicial (Spanish) comes from Spanish judicial, from Latin iūdiciālis, from Latin iūdicium, from Latin iūdicō, from Latin iūdex, from Latin iūs, from Latin dīcō, from Latin -tiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
prejudicial (Spanish): prior to the administration of justice
Definitions
- prior to the administration of justice
Ancestry of “prejudicial”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | judicial | judicial |
| 2 | Latin | iūdiciālis | belonging to the courts of justice; judicial |
| 3 | Latin | iūdicium | judgment, decision |
| 4 | Latin | iūdicō | to examine judicially, judge, pass judgement, decide; condemn |
| 5 | Latin | iūdex | judge |
| 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 |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |