Etymology

attorney

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Today it means: A lawyer; one who advises or represents others in legal matters as a profession. Full definition →

Middle English attourne ← Old French atorné
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  1. Old French · derived fromatorné
  2. Middle English · inherited fromattourne
  3. English todayattorney

From Middle English attourne, from Old French atorné, past participle of atorner, atourner, aturner (“to attorn”), in the sense of "one appointed or constituted".

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.