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Where does “elekta” come from?

elekta (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto elekto, from Esperanto elekti, from English elect, from Latin ēlēctus, from Latin ēligō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

elekta (Esperanto): relating to choice or elections

Definitions

  1. relating to choice or elections

Ancestry of “elekta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoelektochoice, election
2Esperantoelektito choose, elect
3EnglishelectOne chosen or set apart; In Calvinist theology,...
4Latinēlēctus—
5Latinēligō—
6Latinlegō—
7Latinlēx—
8Proto-Italiclēg-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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