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Where does “legitimál” come from?

legitimál (Hungarian) comes from German legitimieren, from French légitimer, from French légitime, from English légitime, from Latin lēgitimus, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

legitimál (Hungarian): to legitimate, to legitimize

Definitions

  1. to legitimate, to legitimize

Ancestry of “legitimál”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanlegitimierento legitimize
2Frenchlégitimerto legitimize
3Frenchlégitimelegitimate; one's regular sexual or romantic...
4EnglishlégitimeAlternative spelling of legitime
5Latinlēgitimus—
6Latinlēx—
7Proto-Italiclēg-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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