English
forensical
Forensical comes from Latin forēnsis ‘forensic’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEforēnsis‘forensic’
- Englishearliest quotation 1677forensical
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEforēnsis‘forensic’
- Englishearliest quotation 1677forensical
Earliest quotation: 1677, T. M., To every Sea-man sailing Heavenward: “THe Art of Navigation (by which Iſlands eſpecially are…”
Formed from forēnsis + -ical
Every English word from Latin forēnsis
Today it means
adj forensic
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin forēnsis / forensical