English

lawyerly

From lawyer + -ly (adjectival suffix).

Formed from lawyer + ly

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’

Vietnamese Lý

English ly

Today it means

adj Characteristic of, or suitable to, a lawyer.

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

Etymograph / lawyerly