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"legislative" in seven languages

Meaninglegislative

Spanish

legislativo

/lexislaˈtibo/

learned

French

législatif

/leʒislatif/

learned

fem.: législative

Italian

legislativo

/ledʒizlaˈtivo/

learned

Portuguese

legislativo

/leʒizlaˈtʃivu/

learned

Romanian

legislativ

/ledʒislaˈtiv/

learned

Catalan

legislatiu

/ləʒizləˈtiw/

learned

fem.: legislativa

English

legislative

/ˈlɛdʒɪsleɪtɪv/

from Latin/French · French législatif

English → ItalianlegislativelegislativoCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

LĒGISLĀTŌREM‘lawgiver (LĒX 'law' + LĀTOR 'one who brings')’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

A modern formation on LĒGIS LĀTOR, 'the bringer of a law'. The inherited descendants of LĒX are short: ley, loi, legge.

English relatives: legislator, legal, loyal

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In a sentence

  • esLas elecciones deciden el poder legislativo.
  • frLes élections décident du pouvoir législatif.
  • itLe elezioni decidono il potere legislativo.
  • ptAs eleições decidem o poder legislativo.
  • roAlegerile decid puterea legislativă.
  • caLes eleccions decideixen el poder legislatiu.
  • enThe elections decide the legislative power.

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