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Where does “leksikologia” come from?

leksikologia (Finnish) comes from Finnish leksiko-, from English lexico-, from Ancient Greek λεξικός, from Ancient Greek λέξις, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

leksikologia (Finnish): lexicology; Partitive singular form of...

Definitions

  1. lexicology; Partitive singular form of...

Ancestry of “leksikologia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishleksiko-—
2Englishlexico-words; speech
3Ancient Greekλεξικόςof or pertaining to words
4Ancient Greekλέξιςa saying, speech; word, phrase
5Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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