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CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP RECORD

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A relationship—not a generated explanation. Both endpoints, every editorial field, every citation, and every dossier reuse are preserved below.

CHILD / LATER FORM / attestedLatin · Latin antiquity

lēgālis

legal; pertaining to law

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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedLatin · Latin antiquity

lēx

law, statute, rule, agreement

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THE COMPLETE RELATIONSHIP

EVERY FIELD, NOT A FAIRY TALE

SOUND CHANGE

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

SEMANTIC CHANGE

The law noun becomes a relational adjective.

CHRONOLOGY

No separate chronology note is attached beyond the endpoint date ranges.

SCHOLAR / EDITORIAL AUTHORITY

Latin lexicography

CONFIDENCE

established — no additional confidence note is attached.

EDITORIAL STATUS

reviewed

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CITATION REGISTER

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EDITORIAL REUSE

WHERE THIS CLAIM APPEARS

RELATION / 53legal

lēgālis → lēx

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