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Where does “électoral” come from?

électoral (French) comes from French électeur, 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...

électoral (French): electoral; related to elections

Definitions

  1. electoral; related to elections

Ancestry of “électoral”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchélecteurelector
2Latinelectorchooser, selector; voter, elector
3Latinēligō—
4Latinlegō—
5Latinlēx—
6Proto-Italiclēg-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “électoral”

  • электоральный
  • électoralisme
  • électoralement
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