English
lawyerese
From lawyer + -ese.
Formed from lawyer + -ese
Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- ‘to lie’
…
Old Norse lag ‘layer; due place’
Old English lagu ‘law’
Middle English lawe ‘law’
Middle English lawiere ‘lawyer’
English lawyer
Today it means
noun The jargon used by lawyers.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / lawyerese