English preserved the learned form with later English vowel and stress development.
CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP RECORD
COVERAGE LEDGER ↗EDGE / 0052borrowingestablished
A CLAIM
YOU CAN AUDIT.
A relationship—not a generated explanation. Both endpoints, every editorial field, every citation, and every dossier reuse are preserved below.
legal
of, founded on, or permitted by law
OPEN NODE 60 ↗DESCENDS FROM→
PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedAnglo-French · Anglo-Frenchlegal
of law
OPEN NODE 61 ↗01
THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP
EVERY FIELD, NOT A FAIRY TALE
The adjective broadened from juridical status to rule-conformity more generally.
First known English use: 15th century.
Merriam-Webster editors
established — no additional confidence note is attached.
reviewed
02
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Legal — Word HistoryEtymology and First Known Use
supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗03
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