myEtymology.com: English etymology of relegating

Etymology of the English word relegating

the English word relegating

derived from the English word relegate

derived 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-