Where does “leĝo” come from?

leĝo (Esperanto) comes 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...

leĝo (Esperanto): law

Definitions

  1. law

Ancestry of “leĝo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianleggelaw; third-person singular indicative present of...
2Latinlēxa proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill
3Proto-Italiclēg-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “leĝo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s →Every word from Proto-Italic lēg- →