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law

/ˈlɔː/LAW
/ˈlɔ/LAW

Meaningsomething laid down

Common meaning: a rule made by a ruler or a country

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√LAGH‘lie down’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 318, p. 741 · scan
  2. Old Englishlagu‘law’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishlawesource
  4. Englishlaw‘a rule made by a ruler or a country’ · 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: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old Norse (Icelandic) lagu ‘a thing set in place, a fixed rule’.

Roots

  • lagu Old Norse (Icelandic) “a thing set in place, a fixed rule”

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