Word Origin Summary

Illegitimus is attested in Latin. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Descendants and Related Terms

• ilegitim

  Romanian · borrowed from

• illegittimo

  Italian · borrowed from

• illégitime

  French · borrowed from

• illegitimate

  English · derived from

What You Can Explore

• 🗺️Geographic migration map — see where this word traveled
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• 📅Historical timeline — when the word entered different languages
• 🔤Cognates — related words in other languages sharing the same root