Where does “legislatively” come from?
Legislatively derives from English legislative, which combines English legislate with the Old English suffix -līċ, ultimately tracing through Latin -ivus and Proto-Indo-European -iHwós to roots meaning "to bind together" and "together."
legislatively (English): By legislation, by the method of enacting laws
Definitions
- By legislation, by the method of enacting laws
Ancestry of “legislatively”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | legislative | Making, or having the power to make, a law or... |
| 2 | English | legislate | To pass laws |
| 3 | English | legislation | The act of legislating; preparation and enactment... |
| 4 | Late Latin | legislatio | the giving of the law |
| 5 | Latin | legis | genitive singular of lēx; second-person singular... |
| 6 | Latin | lego | I choose, select, appoint; I collect, gather,... |
| 7 | Latin | lex | a proposition or motion for a law made to the... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |