English

juridico-legal

From juridico- + legal.

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- ‘vital force, age’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew- ‘straight, right’

Proto-Italic *jowos ‘court of law’

Latin iūs ‘law’

Latin iūridicus ‘relating to the administration of justice’

Proto-Italic *lēks ‘law’

Latin lēx ‘law’

Latin lēgālis ‘legal’

English legal

Today it means

adj Pertaining to the methods and infrastructure for enforcing the law.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / juridico-legal