Where does “lex” come from?
Lex comes from Latin lexis, from Ancient Greek λέξις, ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root leǵ- meaning to speak or gather.
lex (English): To perform lexical analysis; to convert a...
Definitions
- To perform lexical analysis; to convert a...
Ancestry of “lex”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lexical analysis | The conversion of a stream of characters to a... |
| 2 | English | lexical | Concerning the vocabulary, words, sentences or... |
| 3 | Latin | lexis | A word |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | λέξις | a saying, speech; word, phrase |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |