Where does “lexeme” come from?

Lexeme comes from Latin lexis, from Ancient Greek λέξις, derived from Ancient Greek λέγω meaning to speak or gather, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-.

lexeme (English): A unit of lexical meaning, roughly corresponding...

Definitions

  1. A unit of lexical meaning, roughly corresponding...

Ancestry of “lexeme”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinlexisA word
2Ancient Greekλέξιςa saying, speech; word, phrase
3Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “lexeme”

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