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Where does “électeur” come from?

électeur (French) comes from Latin elector, from Latin ēligō, from Latin legō, 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...

électeur (French): elector

Definitions

  1. elector

Ancestry of “électeur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinelectorchooser, selector; voter, elector
2Latinēligō—
3Latinlegō—
4Latinlēx—
5Proto-Italiclēg-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “électeur”

  • электоральный
  • électoral
  • électoralisme
  • électoralement
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