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

Definitions

  1. illegal

Ancestry of “il·legal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanlegallegal
2Latinlēgālislegal
3Latinlēxa proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill
4Proto-Italiclēg-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “il·legal”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s →Every word from Proto-Italic lēg- →