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Where does “lexico-” come from?

lexico- (English) comes from Ancient Greek λεξικός, from Ancient Greek λέξις, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

lexico- (English): words; speech

Definitions

  1. words; speech

Ancestry of “lexico-”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekλεξικόςof or pertaining to words
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 “lexico-”

  • lexicography
  • lexicographic
  • lexicographical
  • lexicographically
  • lexicogrammatical
  • lexicogrammar
  • lexicostatistics
  • lexicostatistical
  • lexicosemantic
  • metalexicography
  • metalexicographical
  • lexicosyntactic
  • lexicogrammatically
  • lexicometric
  • lexicostatistically
  • lexicosemantics
  • lexicometry
  • lexicosemantically
  • nonlexicographical
  • lexicographist
  • lexicomorphological
  • lexicopragmatic
  • lexicometrical
  • metalexicographically
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