Where does “selectorate” come from?
selectorate (English) comes from English electorate, from English elector, from Middle English electour, from Latin elector, from Latin ēligō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
selectorate (English): The group of people involved in making a...
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- The group of people involved in making a...
Ancestry of “selectorate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | electorate | The dominion of an Elector in the Holy Roman... |
| 2 | English | elector | A person eligible to vote in an election; a... |
| 3 | Middle English | electour | one with a right to vote in electing some office,... |
| 4 | Latin | elector | chooser, selector; voter, elector |
| 5 | Latin | ēligō | — |
| 6 | Latin | legō | — |
| 7 | Latin | lēx | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |