myEtymology.com: English etymology of legalism

Etymology of the English word legalism

the English word legalism

derived from the English word legal

derived from the Old French word legal

derived from the Latin word legalis (legal, of, concerned with law)

derived from the Latin word lex (law; motion, bill; word)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *leg- (to collect, to speak)

using the English suffix -ism

derived from the French suffix -ism

derived from the Latin suffix -ismus

derived from the Greek suffix -ismos, -ισμός

suffix for verbs ending in "-izein" (cf. Latin "-izare")