legitimate
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
leg
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
legitimate
conceived or born of parents legally married to each other; lawful
合法的, 正当的, 合理的, 世袭的; vt. 使合法, 授权, 宣布...为合法
Dissection of legitimate
legitimate = leg (law) + itim (itim together with leg makes legitim which is a part of a Latin adjective legitimus which means lawful) + -ate (make);
legitimate = make lawful
Now Repeat my Dissection
legitimate = make lawful
Important roots for this word:
-ate
leg
Note: You may sometimes find that a vowel such as o is often inserted between two roots, as o inserted between phon and graph in phonograph = phon + o + graph, the reason is for easy pronounciation. Another example is archaeology = archae + o + logy
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