Where does “élire” come from?
élire (French) comes from Middle French eslire, from Old French eslire, from Vulgar Latin exligere, 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...
élire (French): to elect; to take up
Definitions
- to elect; to take up
Ancestry of “élire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | eslire | to select; to choose |
| 2 | Old French | eslire | to select; to choose |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | exligere | — |
| 4 | Latin | ēligō | to choose, to pluck or root out, extract |
| 5 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 6 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |