Where does “unelectable” come from?
unelectable (English) comes from English electable, from English elect, from Latin ēlēctus, from Latin ēligō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
unelectable (English): Incapable of being elected to political office,...
Definitions
- Incapable of being elected to political office,...
Ancestry of “unelectable”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | electable | able to be elected to office; A person who is... |
| 2 | English | elect | One chosen or set apart; In Calvinist theology,... |
| 3 | Latin | ēlēctus | extracted |
| 4 | Latin | ēligō | to choose, to pluck or root out, extract |
| 5 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 6 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |