Etymology of the English word paralegal
the English word
paralegalderived from the English word
legalderived from the Old French word
legalderived 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)
derived from the English word
para-Usage
Word found in Modern English
