Where does “lectress” come from?
lectress (English) comes from English lector, from Latin lector, from Latin lego, from Latin lex, from Proto-Italic lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
lectress (English): A female lector
Definitions
- A female lector
Ancestry of “lectress”, step by step
lectress traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English lector
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lector | A lay person who reads aloud certain religious... |
| 2 | Latin | lector | a reader |
| 3 | Latin | lego | I choose, select, appoint; I collect, gather,... |
| 4 | Latin | lex | a proposition or motion for a law made to the... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |