legitimate

Betekenis (Engels)

Teenoorgestelde van
illegitimate, false
Frekwensie

C1
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/lɪˈd͡ʒɪt.ɪ.mət/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

From Middle English legitimat, legytymat, from Medieval Latin lēgitimātus, perfect passive participle of Latin lēgitimō (“to make legal”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from Latin lēgitimus (“lawful”), originally "fixed by law, in line with the law," from Latin lēx (“law”). Originally "lawfully begotten". The noun was derived from the adjective within English or earlier by substantivization (see -ate (noun-forming suffix)), the verb from the adjective by conversion (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)).

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