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Latin

noun
Definitions
  • a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill
  • (figurative) a bill which has become a law, a law
  • (figurative) a precept, regulation, principle, rule, mode, manner
  • (figurative) a contract, agreement, covenant
  • (figurative) a condition, stipulation

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Italic *lēg- inherited from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-s, *legʰ-s.

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*legʰ-s

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