Litigious
/lɪˈtɪdʒ.əs/noun
Given to lawsuits or marked by a tendency to engage in legal disputes.
Did you know?The word ultimately comes from Latin legal language tied to *litigium*, a dispute or lawsuit, showing that even the word for courtroom conflict was forged inside Rome’s obsession with formal contest.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*leg-
“to gather, choose, pick up”
Latin
Latin
legere
“to gather, select, read”
Latin
Latin
litigāre
“to dispute, quarrel in court”
Late Latin
Latin
litigiosus
“quarrelsome, contentious; given to lawsuits”
Middle English
English
litigious
“given to lawsuits; inclined to legal disputes”
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