- forensic
[forensic 词源字典]
- forensic: see forum
[forensic etymology, forensic origin, 英语词源] - forensic (adj.)
- "pertaining to or suitable for courts of law," 1650s, with -ic + stem of Latin forensis "of a forum, place of assembly," related to forum "public place" (see forum). Later used especially in sense of "pertaining to legal trials," as in forensic medicine (1845). Related: Forensical (1580s).