Etymograph

English

alegal

From a- + legal.

Formed from a- + legal

Proto-Indo-European *uds- ‘up, out’

Proto-Germanic *uz- ‘out-’

Proto-West Germanic *uʀ- ‘up, out, over’

English a-

Proto-Italic *lēks ‘law’

Latin lēx ‘law’

Latin lēgālis ‘legal’

English legal

Today it means

adj Not within the framework or concept of the law; unrelated to concerns of legality.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / alegal