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Where does “Lektüre” come from?

Lektüre (German) comes from French lecture, 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...

Lektüre (German): reading

Definitions

  1. reading

Ancestry of “Lektüre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlecturereading
2Latinlēctūra—
3Latinlēctus—
4Latinlegō—
5Latinlēx—
6Proto-Italiclēg-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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