Where does “extralegal” come from?
Extralegal comes from English legal combined with Latin extra, from Latin -alis and Latin exter, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₁eǵʰs and leǵ-.
extralegal (English): Occurring outside the law; not governed by law;...
Definitions
- Occurring outside the law; not governed by law;...
Ancestry of “extralegal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | legal | Relating to the law or to lawyers; Having its... |
| 2 | Latin | lēgālis | legal |
| 3 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |