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Where does “élégamment” come from?

élégamment (French) comes from French élégant, from Latin ēlegāns, from Latin ēligere, from Latin ēligō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

élégamment (French): elegantly

Definitions

  1. elegantly

Ancestry of “élégamment”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchélégantelegant
2Latinēlegāns—
3Latinēligere—
4Latinēligō—
5Latinlegō—
6Latinlēx—
7Proto-Italiclēg-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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