Where does “lexical analysis” come from?

lexical analysis (English) comes from English lexical, from Latin lexis, from Ancient Greek λέξις, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

lexical analysis (English): The conversion of a stream of characters to a...

Definitions

The conversion of a stream of characters to a...

Ancestry of “lexical analysis”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	English	lexical	Concerning the vocabulary, words, sentences or...
2	Latin	lexis	A word
3	Ancient Greek	λέξις	a saying, speech; word, phrase
4	Ancient Greek	λέγω	I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
5	Proto-Indo-European	leǵ-	to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “lexical analysis”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- →Every word from Ancient Greek λέγω →Every word from Ancient Greek λέξις →