Where does “lexicon” come from?

lexicon (Dutch) comes from New Latin lexicon, from Ancient Greek λεξικόν, from Ancient Greek λέξις, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

lexicon (Dutch): lexicon

Definitions

  1. lexicon

Ancestry of “lexicon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latinlexicona dictionary, a lexicon
2Ancient Greekλεξικόνlexicon, dictionary
3Ancient Greekλέξιςa saying, speech; word, phrase
4Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “lexicon”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- →Every word from Ancient Greek λέγω →Every word from Ancient Greek λέξις →