Where does “éliseur” come from?
éliseur (French) comes from French élire, 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- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Ancestry of “éliseur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | élire | to elect; to take up |
| 2 | Middle French | eslire | to select; to choose |
| 3 | Old French | eslire | to select; to choose |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | exligere | — |
| 5 | Latin | ēligō | to choose, to pluck or root out, extract |
| 6 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 7 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |