Where does “legal” come from?

legal (Chavacano) comes from Spanish 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...

legal (Chavacano): legal

Definitions

  1. legal

Ancestry of “legal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishlegallegal, statutory; lawful; legit
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...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s →Every word from Proto-Italic lēg- →
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