Latin word root · Society & Law

leg-: law

leg- is a Latin root meaning “law”. Learn its variants and explore 2 connected words.

Meaning and variants

Meaning: law

Root forms: leg-, legis-

Source word: lēx — a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill

Word family and examples

• legal

  relating to or permitted by the law

• legislature

  the body of a government that makes laws

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