taking the law into one's own hands, an extrajudicial punishment, vigilantism
çekim: çoğul αυτοδικίες · tamlayan αυτοδικίας
köken: From the Hellenistic Koine verb αὐτοδικῶ/αὐτοδικέω (autodikéō) + modern suffix -ία (-ía). Attested since 1833 in Katharevousa as αὐτοδικία (aftodikía).
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sem- Proto-Indo-European *somHós Proto-Slavic *samъ Old Polish sam Polish sam Proto-Slavic *-o- Old Polish -o- Polish -o- Polish samo- Proto-Indo-European *som- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *somdʰh₁os Proto-Balto-Slavic *sámdas Proto-Slavic *sǫ̃dъ Old Polish sąd Polish sąd Polish samosąd From samo- + sąd.