Etymograph

English

lawyerish

From lawyer + -ish.

Formed from lawyer + -ish

Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- ‘to lie’

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Old Norse lag ‘layer; due place’

Old English lagu ‘law’

Middle English lawe ‘law’

Middle English lawiere ‘lawyer’

English lawyer

Today it means

adj Resembling or characteristic of a lawyer.

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

Etymograph / lawyerish