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Where does “électoralisme” come from?

électoralisme (French) comes from French électoral, 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 — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

électoralisme (French): electioneering

Definitions

  1. electioneering

Ancestry of “électoralisme”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchélectoralelectoral; related to elections
2Frenchélecteurelector
3Latinelectorchooser, selector; voter, elector
4Latinēligō—
5Latinlegō—
6Latinlēx—
7Proto-Italiclēg-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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