Where does “lectureship” come from?
Lectureship comes from Middle English -schipe, Latin lectus and lego, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-, meaning to gather or collect.
lectureship (English): A position as a lecturer; A series of lectures,...
Definitions
- A position as a lecturer; A series of lectures,...
Ancestry of “lectureship”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | lecture | A spoken lesson or exposition, usually delivered... |
| 2 | Late Latin | lectura | reading; nominative feminine singular of... |
| 3 | Latin | lecturus | about to choose, select, appoint; about to... |
| 4 | Latin | legō | — |
| 5 | Latin | lēx | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |