Where does “lection” come from?
Lection comes from Old French lection, from Latin lectio (reading), derived from Latin legō (to read), which shares a root with Latin lex (law) from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- (to gather, collect).
lection (English): The act of reading; A reading of a religious...
Definitions
- The act of reading; A reading of a religious...
Ancestry of “lection”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | lection | election; choice; reading |
| 2 | Latin | lēctiōnem | — |
| 3 | Latin | lēctiō | A picking, selecting |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |