
English word justify comes from Latin justus, Latin facio, Latin ficare, and later Old French justifier (To show to be innocent.)
justus (Latin)
facio (Latin)
I appoint.. I do. I make, construct, fashion, frame, build, erect. I make, produce, compose.
ficare (Latin)
justificare (Late Latin)
iustificare (Latin)
iustificare (Late Latin)
justifier (Old French)
To show to be innocent.
justifien (Middle English)
justify (English)
(legal) To qualify (oneself) as a surety by taking oath to the ownership of sufficient property.. (legal) To show (a person) to have had a sufficient legal reason for an act that has been made the subject of a charge or accusation.. (transitive) To absolve, and declare to be free of blame or sin.. (transitive) To arrange (text) on a page or a computer screen such that the left and right ends [...]