Well, let me delve into the Spanish
dictionaries...
"Perjuicio". (lat. praeiudicĭum). http://lema.rae.es/drae/?val=perj
uicio.
Verb form "Perjudicar" (lat.
praeiudicāre) http://lema.rae.es/drae/?val=per
judicar.
"Prejuicio" does not come with etymological
information
http://lema.rae.es/drae/?val=prej
uicio
Verb form "Prejuzgar" (lat. praeiudicāre).
http://lema.rae.es/drae/?val=prej
uzgar
As you can see, both come from the same Latin roots, and
re-checking my French dictionaries, I see that french uses
"préjudice" for
both meanings, so maybe it's a quirk of the
Spanish language, that created two
words for two different
concepts from the same Latin root.
Perjury
translates as "Perjurio" (lat.
periurĭum) http://lema.rae.es/drae/?val=perju
rio, and
has nothing do do with the other words.
.
So in the end, I
was wrong. It still makes sense, to me,
to have different words for the two
meanings of prejudice... [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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