Where does “Lexikon” come from?

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

Lexikon (German): reference book; a book, usually alphabetically...

Definitions

  1. reference book; a book, usually alphabetically...

Ancestry of “Lexikon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekλεξικόνlexicon, dictionary
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 “Lexikon”

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