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Where does “llegir” come from?

llegir (Catalan) comes from Latin legere, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

llegir (Catalan): to read

Definitions

  1. to read

Ancestry of “llegir”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlegeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
2Latinlegō—
3Latinlēx—
4Proto-Italiclēg-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “llegir”

  • rellegir
  • llegible
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