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Where does “légaliste” come from?

légaliste (French) comes from French légal, from Latin lēgālis, 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...

légaliste (French): legalistic

Definitions

  1. legalistic

Ancestry of “légaliste”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlégallegal, relating to law; legal, in accordance with...
2Latinlēgālis—
3Latinlēx—
4Proto-Italiclēg-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “légaliste”

  • légalistement
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