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Where does “mì-laghail” come from?

mì-laghail (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Scottish Gaelic laghail, from Scottish Gaelic lagh, from English Law, from English speaker, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é.

mì-laghail (Scottish Gaelic): illegal, illicit, unlawful

Definitions

  1. illegal, illicit, unlawful

Ancestry of “mì-laghail”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Scottish Gaeliclaghaillegal, lawful; law-abiding; canonical
2Scottish Gaeliclaghlaw
3EnglishLaw—
4EnglishspeakerOne who speaks; Loudspeaker; Speakerphone
5English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
6French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
7French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
8Middle French-é—
9Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
10Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
11Proto-Italic-ā—
12Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

Words derived from “mì-laghail”

  • mì-laghaileachd
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →