English
lawgiving
From law + giving.
Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- ‘to lie’
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Old Norse lag ‘layer, stratum, a laying in order’
Old Norse lǫg ‘law’
Old English lagu ‘law’
Middle English lawe ‘law’
English law
Today it means
adj Enacting laws; legislative.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / lawgiving