Where does “leĝa” come from?
leĝa (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto leĝo, from Italian legge, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
leĝa (Esperanto): legal
Definitions
- legal
Ancestry of “leĝa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | leĝo | law |
| 2 | Italian | legge | law; third-person singular indicative present of... |
| 3 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |