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jurisprudence
Jurisprudence comes from Latin iūrisprūdentia ‘expertise in the law’, from prūdēns ‘wise, prudent’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to see’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyd-‘to see’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*widéh₁yetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*widēō‘to see’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvideō‘to see, perceive’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōvideō‘to foresee’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōvidēns‘foreseeing’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprūdēns‘wise, prudent’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEiūrisprūdēns‘expert at law’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEiūrisprūdentia‘expertise in the law’
- Englishearliest quotation 1999jurisprudence
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyd-‘to see’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*widéh₁yetireconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*widēō‘to see’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvideō‘to see, perceive’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōvideō‘to foresee’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprōvidēns‘foreseeing’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEprūdēns‘wise, prudent’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEiūrisprūdēns‘expert at law’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEiūrisprūdentia‘expertise in the law’
- Englishearliest quotation 1999jurisprudence
Earliest quotation: 1999, J. Dubé, Chopra v. Canada (Treasury Board), 1999 CanLII 8044 (FC): “There is considerable jurisprudence to the effect that only…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to see’
story, guy, idea, advice, guide, witness, wise, historic, wisdom, wit, advise, idol, wizard, historian, witty, steroid, guise, tabloid, visitation, envious, revue, envision, druid, improvise, twit, avis, hypothyroidism, idyll, witter, parathyroid, trapezoid, hyoid, hyperthyroidism, colloid, weet, sigmoid, thyroxine, visite, thyroiditis, 92 more
through Proto-Italic *widēō ‘to see’
revision, invisibility, vada, evidential, providential, 14 more
through Latin videō ‘to see, perceive’
video, review, visit, interview, evidence, vision, invisible, visa, evident, visibility, vista, revise, providence, vide, voyeur, invidious, 14 more
through Latin prōvideō ‘to foresee’
provide, provision, purview, purveyor, proviso, 7 more
through Latin prōvidēns ‘foreseeing’
through Latin prūdēns ‘wise, prudent’
Today it means
noun The theoretical study of law.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weyd- / jurisprudence