English
lawspeak
From law + -speak.
Formed from law + -speak
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
noun Synonym of legalese.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / lawspeak