The story
- Latin · derived fromlex“proposition or motion for a law, a bill”
- English todaylex talionis
From Latin lex (“proposition or motion for a law, a bill”) + talionis, genitive singular of tālio (“retaliation”), from tālis (“of such kind”).
Words from the same roots
Latinlex all →
legitimatelexlegificlegist
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.