Etymology

legitimation

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Today it means: The process of making or declaring a person legitimate. Full definition →

Middle English legittimacion ← Middle French legitimacion ← Medieval Latin lēgitimātiō, lēgitimātiōnem
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  1. Latin · derived fromlēgitimus
  2. Medieval Latin · derived fromlēgitimātiō, lēgitimātiōnem
  3. Middle French · derived fromlegitimacion
  4. Middle English · inherited fromlegittimacion
  5. English todaylegitimation

From Middle English legittimacion, from Middle French legitimacion and its etymon, Medieval Latin lēgitimātiō, lēgitimātiōnem, from lēgitimāre (“to legitimate”), from Latin lēgitimus. By surface analysis, legitimate + -ion.

Words from the same roots

Latinlēgitimus all →

legitimate

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