Etymology

lawing

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Today it means: Going to law; litigation. Full definition →

English law ← Middle English lawe ← Old English lagu
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*legʰ-
  2. Proto-Germanic*lagą
  3. Old Norselag
  4. Old Norselǫg
  5. Old Englishlagu
  6. Middle Englishlawe
  7. Englishlaw
  8. English todaylawing

From law + -ing.

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