English

snap judgment

From snap + judgment.

Dutch snappen ‘to bite’

English snap

Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew- ‘straight, upright, right’

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Latin iūdicō ‘to examine judicially, judge, pass judgement,…’

Late Latin iūdicāmentum

Old French jugement

Middle English juggement

Today it means

noun A decision made without deliberation or in excessive haste.

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

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