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12 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the act of rendering a person legitimate
noun the act of making lawful
originFrom Middle English legittimacion, from Middle French legitimacion and its etymon, Medieval Latin lēgitimātiō, lēgitimātiōnem, from lēgitimāre (“to legitimate”), from Latin lēgitimus. By surface analysis, legitimate + -ion.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
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