Legitimate

Morpheme

Legitimate

Type

bound base

Denotation

legal, lawfully begotten

Etymology

Medieval Latin lēgitimātus; Latin lēgitimāre, from lēgitimus, from lēgis, from lēx

Evidence

delegitimate, illegitimate, illegitimately, legitimate, legitimately, legitimately, legitimateness, legitimator, legitimism, legitimist, legitimize, nonlegitimate, relegitimate, semilegitimate

See Also

Lege, Legit