Legitime

Morpheme

Legitime

Type

bound base

Denotation

legal, lawfully begotten

Etymology

Medieval Latin lēgitimātus; Latin lēgitimāre, from lēgitimus, from lēgis + -timus, from lēx

Evidence

delegitimate, illegitimacy, illegitimate, illegitimately, legitimacy, legitimate, legitimately, legitimately, legitimateness, legitimator, legitimism, legitimist, legitimize, nonlegitimacy, nonlegitimate, relegitimate, semilegitimacy, semilegitimate

See Also

Lege, Legit