legitimate
Signification (Anglais)
Concepts
Opposé de
illegitimate, false
Synonymes
legitimatise
adequate to
low-abiding
Traductions
Fréquence
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/lɪˈd͡ʒɪt.ɪ.mət/
Étymologie (Anglais)
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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