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English preserved the learned form with later English vowel and stress development.

Anglo-French borrowed Latin lēgālis through regular Romance adaptation.

Latin lēgālis is formed on lēx, leg- “law.”

Latin lēx has traditionally been connected with the gather / collect family; published work argues for a root with initial *s.

Greek λέγω is traditionally derived from PIE *leǵ-; some scholarship argues that an initial *s should be reconstructed.

λόγος is a verbal noun in the λέγω family, with an o-grade formation represented in traditional analysis.

Greek ἐτυμολογία contains the -λογία formation belonging to the λόγος family.

Latin borrowed Greek ἐτυμολογία.

Old French transmitted the learned Latin form.

English adapted the learned French form and later aligned spelling with the classical model.