Where does “lit” come from?

lit (French) comes from Old French lit, 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...

lit (French): bed; third-person singular present indicative of...

Definitions

  1. bed; third-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “lit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchlitbed
2Latinlēctuschosen; picked; having been selected
3Latinlegōto collect, gather, bring together, catch
4Latinlēxa proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill
5Proto-Italiclēg-
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “lit

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-