Latin

lēx

‘the legal machinery of a state, the law’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin lēx.

23 English words in this record descend from Latin lēx, most familiar first.

• college ← collēgium ← collēga ← lēgō
• legal ← lēgālis
• illegal ← illegalis ← legalis
• lay ← lei
• legacy ← legacie ← legacie ← lēgātum ← lēgō
• loyal ← loial ← lēgālis
• loyalty ← loialte ← loialte ← loial ← lēgālis
• colleague ← collegue ← collēga ← lēgō
• delegation ← delegatio ← dēlēgō ← lēgō
• delegate ← delegat ← delegat ← dēlēgātus ← nominative
• lex
• collegiate ← collēgiātus ← collēgium ← collēga ← lēgō

More words from lēx

• illegality
• disloyalty
• legate
• relegate
• leal
• collegium
• collegianer
• exlex
• lealty
• legific
• legist

Etymograph / Latin lēx