Proto-Italic

*lēks

‘law’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Italic *lēks.

23 English words in this record descend from Proto-Italic *lēks, most familiar first.

• college ← collēgium ← collēga ← lēgō ← lēx
• legal ← lēgālis ← lex
• illegal ← illegalis ← legalis ← lex
• lay ← lei ← lex
• legacy ← legacie ← legacie ← lēgātum ← lēgō
• loyal ← loial ← lēgālis ← lex
• loyalty ← loialte ← loialte ← loial ← lēgālis
• colleague ← collegue ← collēga ← lēgō ← lēx
• delegation ← delegatio ← dēlēgō ← lēgō ← lēx
• delegate ← delegat ← delegat ← dēlēgātus ← nominative
• lex
• collegiate ← collēgiātus ← collēgium ← collēga ← lēgō

More words from *lēks

• illegality
• disloyalty
• legate
• relegate
• leal
• collegium
• collegianer
• exlex
• lealty
• legific
• legist

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *lēks