Where does “Lexikographie” come from?

Lexikographie (German) comes from Ancient Greek λεξικός, from Ancient Greek λέξις, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Lexikographie (German): lexicography

Definitions

  1. lexicography

Ancestry of “Lexikographie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekλεξικόςof or pertaining to words
2Ancient Greekλέξιςa saying, speech; word, phrase
3Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “Lexikographie”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- →Every word from Ancient Greek λέγω →Every word from Ancient Greek λέξις →