legal
Danish
/leɡaːl/
adj
Definitions
- legal (something that conforms to or is according to law)
- legitimate (conforming to accepted rules)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin lēgālis (legal).
Origin
Latin
lēgālis
Gloss
legal
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- legal English
- illegalis Latin
- illēgālis Latin
- lēgālis Latin
- legal German
- loyal French
- loyauté French
- légal French
- legal Spanish, Castilian
- legal Portuguese
- legalny Polish
- leal, leial, loial Old French
- leial Old French
- loial Old French
- loyal Old French
- legal Catalan, Valencian
- lleial Catalan, Valencian
- legal Galician
- légal Norman
- легален Bulgarian
- lleal Asturian
- llegal Asturian
- legâl Friulian
- leâl Friulian
- łegałe Venetian