Where does “legislation” come from?
Legislation derives from Latin legislatio, from legis and lego, ultimately from Latin lex meaning law, traced to Proto-Indo-European leǵ- meaning to gather or collect.
legislation (English): The act of legislating; preparation and enactment...
Definitions
- The act of legislating; preparation and enactment...
Ancestry of “legislation”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Late Latin | legislatio | the giving of the law |
| 2 | Latin | legis | genitive singular of lēx; second-person singular... |
| 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... |
Words derived from “legislation”
- legislative
- legislate
- legislatively
- nonlegislative
- overlegislation
- prelegislative
- prelegislation
- postlegislative
- antilegislative
- overlegislate
- antilegislation
- postlegislation
- counterlegislation
- delegislation
- relegislation
- delegislate
- relegislate
- unlegislate
- interlegislative
- prolegislative
- quasilegislative
- semilegislative
- unlegislative