English
illegalize
From illegal + -ize or il- + legalize.
Formed from illegal + -ize
Proto-Italic *lēks ‘law’
Latin lēx ‘law’
Latin lēgālis ‘legal’
Medieval Latin illegalis
French illégal ‘illegal’
English illegal
Today it means
verb To make illegal; to prohibit by law, to criminalize.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / illegalize