Where does “elisor” come from?
elisor (English) comes from French éliseur, from French élire, from Middle French eslire, from Old French eslire, from Vulgar Latin exligere, from Latin ēligō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
elisor (English): An elector or chooser; one of two persons...
Definitions
- An elector or chooser; one of two persons...
Ancestry of “elisor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | éliseur | — |
| 2 | French | élire | to elect; to take up |
| 3 | Middle French | eslire | to select; to choose |
| 4 | Old French | eslire | to select; to choose |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | exligere | — |
| 6 | Latin | ēligō | to choose, to pluck or root out, extract |
| 7 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 8 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |