Etymology

judge

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Today it means: A public official whose duty it is to administer the law, especially by presiding over trials and rendering judgments; a justice. Full definition →

Middle English juge ← Old French juge ← Latin iūdex
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judge · noun1

  1. Latin · derived fromiūdex
  2. Old French · derived fromjuge
  3. Middle English · inherited fromjuge
  4. English todayjudge

From Middle English juge, jugge, from Old French juge, from Latin iūdex. Displaced native Middle English deme (from Old English dēma (“judge”)) and demere (from Old English dēmere (“judge”)), see also deemer, deemster.

judge · verb2

  1. Latin · derived fromiūdicāre
  2. Old French · derived fromjugier
  3. Anglo-Norman · derived fromjuger
  4. Middle English · inherited fromjugen
  5. English todayjudge

From Middle English jugen, borrowed from Anglo-Norman juger, from Old French jugier, from Latin iūdicāre. Doublet of judicate. Partly displaced native deem.

Judge · proper noun, noun3

From judge.

Words from the same roots

Latiniūdicāre all →

judicature

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