Etymology of the English word lawsuit
the English word
lawsuitderived from the English word
suitderived from the Old French word
sieutederived from the Anglo-Norman word
sutederived from the Latin root
*sequitaderived from the Latin root
*sequitusderived from the Latin root
*sequerederived from the Late Latin word
sequi (to follow; follow; escort, attend; support, back, side with)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*sekʷ-derived from the English word
lawderived from the Norse root
*laguderived from the Old Norse word
lagderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*legh- (to lie, to lay)
derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*laganderived from the Old Norse word
lögderived from the Old Norse word
lagderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*legh- (to lie, to lay)
Usage
Word found in Modern English
