Etymology

juridical

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Today it means: Pertaining to the law or rule of law, legal; judicial, related to the administration of justice (as to jurisprudence, or to the function of a judge or court). Full definition →

Latin iuridicalis ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English juridic
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ey-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂óyu
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂yew-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂yéwos
  5. Proto-Italic*jowos
  6. Latiniūs
  7. Proto-Indo-European*deyḱ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*déyḱeti
  9. Proto-Italic*deikō
  10. Latindīcō
  11. Latiniūridicus
  12. Englishjuridic
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  15. Latiniuridicalis
  16. English todayjuridical

From juridic + -al or alternatively borrowed from Latin iuridicalis.

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