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Where does “illégitimement” come from?

illégitimement (French) comes from French illégitime, from Middle French illegitime, from Latin illegitimus, 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...

illégitimement (French): illegitimately

Definitions

  1. illegitimately

Ancestry of “illégitimement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchillégitimeillegitimate
2Middle Frenchillegitime—
3Latinillegitimusunlawful, illegal, illegitimate; non-legal;...
4Latinlēgitimus—
5Latinlēx—
6Proto-Italiclēg-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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