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
- bed; third-person singular present indicative of...
Ancestry of “lit”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | lit | bed |
| 2 | Latin | lēctus | — |
| 3 | Latin | legō | — |
| 4 | Latin | lēx | — |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |