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Where does “eleganteco” come from?

eleganteco (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto eleganta, from French élégance, from Latin elegantia, from Latin ēlegāns, from Latin ēligere, from Latin ēligō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

eleganteco (Esperanto): elegance

Definitions

  1. elegance

Ancestry of “eleganteco”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoelegantaelegant
2Frenchéléganceelegance
3Latinelegantiaelegance, taste, propriety, refinement, grace;...
4Latinēlegāns—
5Latinēligere—
6Latinēligō—
7Latinlegō—
8Latinlēx—
9Proto-Italiclēg-—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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