Where does “lecture” come from?
lecture (French) comes from Latin lēctūra, from Latin lēctus, 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...
lecture (French): reading
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Ancestry of “lecture”, step by step
lecture traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin lēctūra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | lēctūra | — |
| 2 | Latin | lēctus | chosen; picked; having been selected |
| 3 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 4 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |