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English legislation borrows French législation with learned English stress and pronunciation.

French législation borrows Medieval or Late Latin legislatio with regular Romance adaptation.

Latin legislatio contains legis, the genitive of lēx “law”; this path follows the law component while lātio is modeled separately.

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.