leg
to send as envoy; to bequeath
Latin · legare / legatus
Latin legare 'to send as envoy, to leave by will'. Leg words are about sending or handing over: a legate is an envoy, delegate sends a representative, a legatee receives something left in a will.
Memory trick
A LEGate is LEGally SENT with a message: LEG means send or leave to someone.
Words from this root
- legate (leg + ate) — an official envoyदूत
- legateship (legate + ship) — office of an envoyदूत का पद
- legatee (leg + atee) — person who receives a bequestवसीयत पाने वाला
- delegate (de + leg + ate) — to send as representativeप्रतिनिधि बनाकर भेजना
- allege (al + lege) — to claim without proofबिना सबूत आरोप लगाना
- alleger (allege + r) — one who makes a claimआरोप लगाने वाला
- college (col + lege) — a school of higher studyमहाविद्यालय
- precollege (pre + college) — before college levelकॉलेज से पहले का