Tuesday Etymology Lesson: justice

Today’s word is brought to you by the tragic events in Ferguson.  Today’s word is justice. It comes from a very old Latin word ius which means “the law,” and informed many words like justice and righteousness. 

While researching this etymology I came upon this old Latin quote which seems appropriate for the day: Jus summum saepe summa est malitia, which translates as, “The highest law is often the greatest roguery.”