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legist

Meaninglaw

Common meaning: person learned in law

Journey through time

  1. Latinlex‘law’source
  2. Late Latinlegista‘a legist’source
  3. Old Frenchmeaning shiftslaw → legal scholarlegiste‘legal scholar’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftslegal scholar → person learned in lawlegist‘person learned in law’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin lex ‘law’.

Roots

  • lex Latin “law”

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