leg / lex
law
Latin · lex, legis
Latin lex means law. Words with leg are about law: legal is allowed by law, legislate means to make laws, legitimate is lawful, a privilege is a private law, a paralegal helps with law.
Memory trick
Leg: a leg of justice stands firm on the law.
Words from this root
- legal (leg + al) — allowed by lawवैध, क़ानूनी
- legality (leg + ality) — lawfulnessवैधता
- legalize (leg + al + ize) — to make lawfulवैध बनाना
- illegal (il + leg + al) — against the lawअवैध
- illegitimate (il + leg + itimate) — not lawful, not validनाजायज़, अवैध
- legitimate (leg + itimate) — lawful, validजायज़, वैध
- legislate (legis + late) — to carry a law forwardक़ानून बनाना
- legislation (legis + lation) — the laws made by a bodyविधान, क़ानून
- legislator (legis + lator) — a person who makes lawsविधायक, क़ानून निर्माता
- legislature (legis + lature) — a body that makes lawsविधायिका
- privilege (privi + lege) — a private law, a special rightविशेषाधिकार
- legacy (leg + acy) — something handed down by willविरासत
- delegate (de + leg + ate) — to send as a representativeप्रतिनिधि बनाकर भेजना
- paralegal (para + leg + al) — a law assistantविधि सहायक
- legalese (legal + ese) — hard legal languageकठिन क़ानूनी भाषा