Etymology of the English word lawyer
the English word
lawyerusing the English suffix
-ierderived 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)
Date
The earliest known usage of lawyer in English dates from the 14th century.
Derivations in English
lawyeringUsage
Word found in Modern English
