Where does “dyslexie” come from?

dyslexie (Dutch) comes from German Dyslexie, from Ancient Greek λέξις, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

dyslexie (Dutch): dyslexia

Definitions

  1. dyslexia

Ancestry of “dyslexie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanDyslexiedyslexia
2Ancient Greekλέξιςa saying, speech; word, phrase
3Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- →Every word from Ancient Greek λέγω →Every word from Ancient Greek λέξις →