verdict

/ˈvɜːdɪkt/VUR-dikt

/ˈvɝdɪkt/VUR-dikt

Meaninga true saying

Common meaning: a jury's decision

vertrueLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1978 · scan
dictto say, speakLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 570 · scan

‘true’ + ‘to say, speak’ → verdict

Journey through time

ver — Latin vērus “true” (path traced)
dict — Latin dīcō, dīxī, dictum “to say, speak” (path traced)

Parts join in Old French as verdit.

Latinvērus + dīcō, dīxī, dictum‘true + to say, speak’
Old Frenchverditsource
Middle Englishverditsource
Englishverdict‘a jury's decision’ · today

ver also in: very verify verity veracious veritable

dict also in: dictate diction dictionary predict contradict

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: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin vērus ‘true’ + Latin dīcō ‘to say, speak’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry dīcō, p. 570 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry VERDICT, p. 683 · dictionary scan

Roots

dīcō, dīxī, dictum Latin “to say, speak”
vērus Latin “true”

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