English
litigation
Litigation comes from Latin lītigātiō ‘dispute, quarrel’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *slíHtis.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*slíHtisreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*slītisreconstructed
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEstlīs
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElis‘a quarrel’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElītigō‘to dispute, quarrel’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElītigātiō‘dispute, quarrel’
- Englishearliest quotation 2023litigation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*slíHtisreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*slītisreconstructed
- Old Latinc. 700–75 BCEstlīs
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElis‘a quarrel’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElītigō‘to dispute, quarrel’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElītigātiō‘dispute, quarrel’
- Englishearliest quotation 2023litigation
Earliest quotation: 2023, Brian Fung: “Google admitted that — for litigations spanning the past…”
Formed from litigate + -ion
Proto-Indo-European *slíHtis
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Old Latin stlīs
Latin lis ‘a quarrel’
Latin lītigō ‘dispute, litigate’
Latin lītigātus ‘disputed, quarrelled over, having been disputed’
English litigate
Linked words
through Latin lis ‘a quarrel’
Today it means
noun The conduct of a lawsuit.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *slíHtis / litigation