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Where does “il·legalment” come from?

il·legalment (Catalan) comes from Catalan il·legal, 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·legalment (Catalan): illegally

Definitions

  1. illegally

Ancestry of “il·legalment”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanil·legalillegal
2Catalanlegallegal
3Latinlēgālis—
4Latinlēx—
5Proto-Italiclēg-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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