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
- relating to choice or elections
Ancestry of “elekta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | elekto | choice, election |
| 2 | Esperanto | elekti | to choose, elect |
| 3 | English | elect | One chosen or set apart; In Calvinist theology,... |
| 4 | Latin | ēlēctus | extracted |
| 5 | Latin | ēligō | to choose, to pluck or root out, extract |
| 6 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 7 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |