myEtymology.com: English etymology of preterlegal

Etymology of the English word preterlegal

the English word preterlegal

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 prefix preter-