Where does “il·legal” come from?
il·legal (Catalan) comes from Catalan legal, from Latin lēgālis, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
il·legal (Catalan): illegal
Ancestry of “il·legal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Catalan | legal | legal |
| 2 | Latin | lēgālis | — |
| 3 | Latin | lēx | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
Words derived from “il·legal”