Where does “hochelegant” come from?
hochelegant (German) comes from German elegant, from Middle French elegant, from Latin ēlegāns, from Latin ēligere, from Latin ēligō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
hochelegant (German): highly elegant
Definitions
- highly elegant
Ancestry of “hochelegant”, step by step
hochelegant traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German elegant
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | elegant | elegant |
| 2 | Middle French | elegant | elegant |
| 3 | Latin | ēlegāns | fine, elegant, handsome |
| 4 | Latin | ēligere | — |
| 5 | Latin | ēligō | to choose, to pluck or root out, extract |
| 6 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 7 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |