Etymology

juror

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Today it means: A member of a jury. Full definition →

Middle English jurour ← Anglo-Norman jurour ← Old French jureor
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromiūrātor, iūrātōrem
  2. Old French · derived fromjureor
  3. Anglo-Norman · derived fromjurour
  4. Middle English · inherited fromjurour
  5. English todayjuror

From Middle English jurour, jurrour, borrowed from Anglo-Norman jurour and Old French jureor, from the verb jurer (“to swear”), or possibly from Latin iūrātor, iūrātōrem, whence the English doublet jurator.

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