English
jury
Jury comes from Anglo-Norman juree, from Medieval Latin iūrāta, from Latin iūrō ‘to swear’, from iūs ‘law, right’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiūs1‘law, right’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiūrō1‘to swear or take an oath’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500iūrāta1
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400juree1
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500jure1‘jury’
- Englishearliest quotation 1828jury1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English jury
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1828, The New Monthly Magazine: “The jury which decides on the first night usually…”.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiūsWiktionary, English jury‘law, right’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiūrōWiktionary, English jury‘to swear or take an oath’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500iūrātaWiktionary, English jury
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400jureeWiktionary, English jury
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500jureWiktionary, English jury‘jury’
- Englishearliest quotation 1828juryWiktionary, English jury. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1828, The New Monthly Magazine: “The jury which decides on the first night usually…”
Word family
English words that share an ancestor with jury, grouped by the ancestor they share, most familiar first.
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂yew- ‘straight, upright, right’
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂yéwos
through Proto-Italic *jowos ‘court of law’
- justice ← justise ← iūstitia ← iūstus ← iūs
- judge ← jugen ← juger ← jugier ← iūdicō
- judgment ← juggement ← jugement ← iūdicāmentum ← iūdicō
- judicial ← iūdiciālis ← iūdicium ← iūdicō ← iūdex
- justify ← justifien ← justifier ← justificare ← iūstus
- preach ← prechen ← prëechier ← praedicō ← dicō
- justification ← justificacioun ← iustificationem ← iustifico ← iustus
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Another origin of jury
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEiuvōas iuvere‘to help, aid’uncertain
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEadiuvō‘help, assist’uncertain
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEadiūtōnext step skipped: Frankish *garu
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400ajurieuncertain
- Englishtodayjury
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Today it means
noun A group of individuals chosen from the general population to hear and decide a case in a court of law.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “jury”. 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 / Latin iūs / jury