| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix I
Indo-European Roots |
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| ENTRY: | yewes- |
| DEFINITION: | Law. 1. jural, jurist, jury1; abjure, adjure, conjure, injury, juridical, jurisconsult, jurisdiction, jurisprudence, nonjuror, objurgate, perjure, from Latin i s (stem ir-), law, and its derivative ir re, “to pronounce a ritual formula,” swear. 2. Compound form *yewes-dik- (see deik-). 3. Suffixed from *yewes-to-. just1, from Latin istus, just. (Pokorny  e os- 512.) |
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