Where does “legislative” come from?
Legislative comes from Anglo-Norman -if, from Latin -īvus, from Proto-Indo-European -iHwós, from Proto-Indo-European -wós, a suffix forming adjectives.
legislative (English): Making, or having the power to make, a law or...
Definitions
- Making, or having the power to make, a law or...
Ancestry of “legislative”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | legislate | To pass laws |
| 2 | English | legislation | The act of legislating; preparation and enactment... |
| 3 | Late Latin | legislatio | the giving of the law |
| 4 | Latin | legis | genitive singular of lēx; second-person singular... |
| 5 | Latin | lego | I choose, select, appoint; I collect, gather,... |
| 6 | Latin | lex | a proposition or motion for a law made to the... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |