English
lawyerling
From lawyer + -ling.
Formed from lawyer + -ling
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
noun A young or insignificant lawyer.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / lawyerling