Where does “electiveness” come from?
electiveness (English) comes from English elective, from English elect, from Latin ēlēctus, from Latin ēligō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
electiveness (English): Quality of being elective
Definitions
- Quality of being elective
Ancestry of “electiveness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | elective | Of, or pertaining to voting or elections;... |
| 2 | English | elect | One chosen or set apart; In Calvinist theology,... |
| 3 | Latin | ēlēctus | — |
| 4 | Latin | ēligō | — |
| 5 | Latin | legō | — |
| 6 | Latin | lēx | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |