Where does “Pflichtlektüre” come from?
Pflichtlektüre (German) comes from German Lektüre, 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 — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Pflichtlektüre (German): required reading
Definitions
- required reading
Ancestry of “Pflichtlektüre”, step by step
Pflichtlektüre traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Lektüre
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Lektüre | reading |
| 2 | French | lecture | reading |
| 3 | Latin | lēctūra | — |
| 4 | Latin | lēctus | chosen; picked; having been selected |
| 5 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 6 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |