English
litigatory
From litigate + -ory.
Formed from litigate + -ory
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
Today it means
adj Relating to, or inclined towards litigation
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / litigatory