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Where does “Eloi” come from?

Eloi (English) comes from Latin Eligius, from Latin ēligere, from Latin ēligō, 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...

Eloi (English): Any population or group of persons who have been...

Definitions

  1. Any population or group of persons who have been...

Ancestry of “Eloi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinEligius—
2Latinēligere—
3Latinēligō—
4Latinlegō—
5Latinlēx—
6Proto-Italiclēg-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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