English

justiceable

From justice + -able.

Formed from justice + -able

Proto-Italic *jowos ‘court of law’

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Latin iūstus ‘just’

Latin iūstitia ‘righteousness’

Old French justise ‘revenge’

Middle English justice

Today it means

adj Liable to trial in a court of justice.

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

Etymograph / justiceable