Etymograph

English

jurat

Jurat comes from Medieval Latin iūrātus ‘sworn 􂀿man􂁀’, from Latin iūrō ‘to swear an oath’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew- ‘straight, upright, right’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂yew-1‘straight, upright, right’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂yéwos1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*jowos1‘court of law’reconstructed
  4. Archaic Latinc. 700–75 BCE*iowos1reconstructed
  5. Archaic Latinc. 700–75 BCEiovesō1
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiūrō2‘to swear an oath’
  7. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500iūrātus2‘sworn 􂀿man􂁀’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1974jurat2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin iuro
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English jurat
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page: “The Jurat came of a good old Guernsey family…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂yew-Wiktionary, Latin iuro‘straight, upright, right’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂yéwosWiktionary, Latin iuroreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*jowosWiktionary, Latin iuro‘court of law’reconstructed
  4. Archaic Latinc. 700–75 BCE*iowosWiktionary, Latin iuroreconstructed
  5. Archaic Latinc. 700–75 BCEiovesōWiktionary, Latin iuro
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiūrōWiktionary, English jurat‘to swear an oath’
  7. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500iūrātusWiktionary, English jurat‘sworn 􂀿man􂁀’
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1974juratWiktionary, English jurat. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1974, GB Edwards, The Book of Ebenezer Le Page: “The Jurat came of a good old Guernsey family…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew- ‘straight, upright, right’

yet, injurious, jurist, 21 more

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwos

injustice, prejudge, 20 more

through Proto-Italic *jowos ‘court of law’

justice, judge, judgment, judicial, justify, preach, judiciary, prejudice, justification, predicament, predicate, judicious, adjudicate, judicature, 23 more

through Archaic Latin *iowos

just, 13 more

through Latin iūrō ‘to swear an oath’

jury, conjure, 7 more

Today it means

noun A sworn statement concerning where, when, and before whom an oath has been made.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “jurat”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin iuro. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew- / jurat

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