Where does “ineligibly” come from?
ineligibly (English) comes from English ineligible, from French inéligible, from French éligible, from Latin eligibilis, from Latin ēligō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
ineligibly (English): In an ineligible manner
Definitions
- In an ineligible manner
Ancestry of “ineligibly”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ineligible | Not eligible; forbidden to do something; One who... |
| 2 | French | inéligible | ineligible |
| 3 | French | éligible | eligible |
| 4 | Latin | eligibilis | eligible; desirable |
| 5 | Latin | ēligō | to choose, to pluck or root out, extract |
| 6 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 7 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |