Where does “anlaghel” come from?
anlaghel (Cornish) comes from Cornish laghel, from Cornish lagha, from English Law, from English speaker, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é.
anlaghel (Cornish): illegal, unlawful
Definitions
- illegal, unlawful
Ancestry of “anlaghel”, step by step
anlaghel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Cornish laghel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornish | laghel | legal |
| 2 | Cornish | lagha | law |
| 3 | English | Law | perhaps originally meaning someone who lives near a burial mound |
| 4 | English | speaker | One who speaks; Loudspeaker; Speakerphone |
| 5 | English | -ine | Of or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;... |
| 6 | French | -ine | feminine singular of -in; female equivalent of... |
| 7 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 8 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 9 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 10 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |