Etymology

illegible

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Today it means: Not clear enough to be read; unreadable; not legible or decipherable. Full definition →

English legible ← Middle English in- ← Latin in-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishil-
  7. Englishlegible
  8. English todayillegible

From il- + legible.

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