English

law-way

A community's specific set of laws and legal practices.

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    Origin

    From law + -way; compare foodway.

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    • partEnglishlaw “The body of binding rules and regulations, customs, and standards established in a community by its…”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishlawe “law”
        • inheritedOld Englishlagu “sea, flood, water, ocean”
      • inheritedNorthern Middle Englishlawe
        • inheritedOld Englishhlāw “burial mound”
      • inheritedMiddle Englishlagh
        • derivedOld Norselag “that which is lying or laid, position, price, way, sting, blow”
    • suffixEnglish-way “Towards, in the direction towards.”

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