Etymology of the English word lawful
the English word
lawfulderived from the English word
lawderived from the Norse root
*laguderived from the Old Norse word
lagderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*legh- (to lie, to lay)
derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*laganderived from the Old Norse word
lögderived from the Old Norse word
lagderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*legh- (to lie, to lay)
using the English suffix
-fulDerivations in English
unlawfulUsage
Word found in Modern English