Etymology of the English word relegate
the English word
relegatederived from the Latin word
relegatio (banishment)
derived from the Latin word
relegare (banish, remove; relegate)
derived from the Latin word
legare (bequeath, will; entrust)
derived from the Latin word
lex (law; motion, bill; word)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leg- (to collect, to speak)
using the Latin prefix
re-Date
The earliest known usage of relegate in English dates from the 16th century.
Derivations in English
relegated,
relegatingUsage
Word found in Modern English
