lei
Portuguese
/lɐj/, /lej/
noun
Definitions
- law
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese lei inherited from Latin lex, lēgem inherited from Proto-Italic *lēg- inherited from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-s.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*leǵ-s
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- legem, lex Latin
- lex Latin
- lex, lēgem Latin
- lēgem Latin
- fuorilegge Italian
- legge Italian
- leggina Italian
- loi French
- loyal French
- ley Spanish, Castilian
- *legʰ-s Proto-Indo-European
- *leǵ-s Proto-Indo-European
- llei Catalan, Valencian
- lei Galician
- fărădelege Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- lege Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- loy Middle French
- lei Old Portuguese
- *lēg- Proto-Italic
- ley Old Occitan
- lei Sardinian
- lê Guerrero Amuzgo