illegal的词源

英文词源

illegal (adj.)

1620s, from French illégal or directly from Medieval Latin illegalis, from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + Latin legalis (see legal). Term illegal immigrant first recorded 1892 in American English (illegal immigration is from 1887).

中文词源

illegal：非法的

il-,不，非，来自in-在以字母l开头前的拼写异化形式，legal,合法的。

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illegal：不合法的，非法的

词根词缀： il-不,无,非 + -leg-法(规) + -al