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How to spell constitutional

Constitutional is spelled C-O-N-S-T-I-T-U-T-I-O-N-A-L.

hear itcon·sti·tu·tion·al/,kɑnstɪ'tuʃənəl/adjectiveAcademic

What it means: Relating to the basic laws and principles of a government.

In a sentence: The students learned about the constitutional rules in their class.

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Same family: constitution, unconstitutional, constitutionally, reconstitute, constitutionalism. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Constitutional” comes from the Latin verb *constituere*, meaning “to set up” or “to establish.” Over time, it came to refer to things based on a country’s constitution, and earlier in English it could also mean something related to a person’s physical health or ‘constitution.’

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