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Where does “legitimist” come from?

legitimist (English) comes from French légitimiste, from French légitime, from English légitime, from Latin lēgitimus, 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...

legitimist (English): A French royalist who believes that the King of...

Definitions

  1. A French royalist who believes that the King of...

Ancestry of “legitimist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlégitimistelegitimist
2Frenchlégitimelegitimate; one's regular sexual or romantic...
3EnglishlégitimeAlternative spelling of legitime
4Latinlēgitimus—
5Latinlēx—
6Proto-Italiclēg-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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