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legitimate

The origin and history of legitimate.

Etymology

From Medieval Latin legitimatus, "made lawful", from Latin legitimus ("lawful"), itself from lex, "law". It originally described children "lawfully begotten" — that is, born to a married couple.

Origin: Medieval Latin

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