Etymograph

English

juridical

Juridical comes from Latin iuridicalis.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiuridicalis
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1978juridical

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiuridicalis
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1978juridical

Earliest quotation: 1978, Michel Foucault, The Will to Knowledge: “...in any case one schematizes power in a juridical…”

Formed from juridic + -al

Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- ‘to point out, to show’

Proto-Indo-European *déyḱeti ‘to be pointing out’

Proto-Italic *deikō ‘to show, indicate’

Latin dīcō ‘to say, talk, speak, utter, mention’

Latin iūridicus

English juridic

The story

From juridic + -al or alternatively borrowed from Latin iuridicalis.disputed Scholars disagree here; the competing view is quoted as the source gives it.

Every English word from Latin iuridicalis

Today it means

adj Pertaining to the law or rule of law, legal; judicial, related to the administration of justice (as to jurisprudence, or to the function of a judge or court).

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