justice

justice · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₂yew-
2. Proto-Italic · derived from*jowos
3. Latin · derived fromiūstitia“righteousness, equity”
4. Old French · derived fromjustise
5. Middle English · inherited fromjustice
6. English todayjustice

From Middle English justice, from Old French justise, justice (Modern French justice), from Latin iūstitia (“righteousness, equity”), from iūstus (“just”), from iūs (“right”), from Proto-Italic *jowos, perhaps literally "sacred formula", a word peculiar to Latin (not general Italic) that originated in the religious cults, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew-. Doublet of Justitia. Partly displaced native Old English rihtwīsnes (Modern English righteousness < rightwiseness).

Justice · noun, proper noun²

From justice

Words from the same roots