legitimate
Pronunciation: /lɪˈd͡ʒɪt.ɪ.mət/
The English word “legitimate” has 9 meanings listed here.
adjective
- In accordance with the law or established legal forms and requirements.
- Conforming to known principles, or established or accepted rules or standards; valid.
- Authentic, real, genuine.
- Lawfully begotten, i.e. born to a married couple or later legitimated.
- Legally married.
- Relating to hereditary rights.
- Belonging or relating to the legitimate theater.
noun
verb
Etymology
From Middle English legitimat, legytymat, from Medieval Latin lēgitimātus, perfect passive participle of Latin lēgitimō (“to make legal”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from Latin lēgitimus (“lawful”), originally "fixed by law, in line with the law," from Latin lēx (“law”). Originally "lawfully begotten". The noun was derived from the adjective within English or earlier by…
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