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Where does “legalize” come from?

legalize (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese legalizar, from Portuguese legal, 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...

legalize (Portuguese): first-person singular present subjunctive of...

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  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of...

Ancestry of “legalize”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueselegalizarto legalize
2Portugueselegallegal; cool, nice, good
3Latinlēgālis—
4Latinlēx—
5Proto-Italiclēg-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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