Where does “delegislation” come from?
delegislation (English) comes from English de, from Chinese 德, from Mandarin 德意志, from German Deutsch, from Old High German diutsch, from Old High German diutisc, from Proto-West Germanic þiudisk, from Proto-Germanic þiudiskaz — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.
delegislation (English): The undoing or annulment of legislation
Definitions
- The undoing or annulment of legislation
Ancestry of “delegislation”, step by step
delegislation traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English de
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | de | To do; Pronunciation spelling of the; A... |
| 2 | Chinese | 德 | — |
| 3 | Mandarin | 德意志 | — |
| 4 | German | Deutsch | German |
| 5 | Old High German | diutsch | — |
| 6 | Old High German | diutisc | Alternative form of diutisk; popular, vernacular;... |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | þiudisk | of the people, popular, vernacular |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | þiudiskaz | of the people, popular; of the tribe |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | þeudō | people, tribe |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tewtéh₂ | people, tribe |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |
via English legislation
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | legislation | The act of legislating; preparation and enactment... |
| 2 | Late Latin | legislatio | the giving of the law |
| 3 | Latin | legis | genitive singular of lēx; second-person singular... |
| 4 | Latin | lego | I choose, select, appoint; I collect, gather,... |
| 5 | Latin | lex | a proposition or motion for a law made to the... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |