Where does “ilegítimo” come from?
ilegítimo (Portuguese) comes 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...
ilegítimo (Portuguese): illegitimate; illegal, unlawful
Definitions
- illegitimate; illegal, unlawful
Ancestry of “ilegítimo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | illegitimus | unlawful, illegal, illegitimate; non-legal;... |
| 2 | Latin | lēgitimus | — |
| 3 | Latin | lēx | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |