Where does “religieus” come from?

religieus (Anglo-Norman) comes from Latin religiosus, from Latin religio, from Latin relego, from Latin lego, from Latin lex, from Proto-Italic lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

religieus (Anglo-Norman): religious; monk

Definitions

  1. religious; monk

Ancestry of “religieus”, step by step

religieus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin religiosus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinreligiosuspious, devout, religious; scrupulous; sacred,...
2Latinreligioscrupulousness, conscientious exactness; piety,...
3LatinrelegoI gather, collect again, recover; I travel,...
4LatinlegoI choose, select, appoint; I collect, gather,...
5Latinlexa proposition or motion for a law made to the...
6Proto-Italiclēg-
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

via Old French religieux

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchreligieux

Words derived from “religieus

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-