English
Justin
Justin comes from Latin iūstus ‘just, fair, righteous’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew- ‘upright’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂yew-‘upright’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*jowestos‘just, lawful’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiūstus‘just, fair, righteous’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEIūstīnus
- Englishearliest quotation 1892Justin
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂yew-‘upright’reconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*jowestos‘just, lawful’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiūstus‘just, fair, righteous’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEIūstīnus
- Englishearliest quotation 1892Justin
Earliest quotation: 1892, Alfred Emanuel Smith, New Outlook: “What is there, I wonder, about the name Justin…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew- ‘upright’
yet, judge, jury, judgment, judicial, preach, judiciary, prejudice, predicament, conjure, predicate, judicious, adjudicate, jurist, judicature, injurious, 27 more
through Latin iūstus ‘just, fair, righteous’
Today it means
name A male given name from Latin, popular in the English-speaking world since the 1970s.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew- / Justin