Where does “legi” come from?
legi (Ido) comes from Ido lego, from Italian legge, 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...
legi (Ido): plural of lego
Ancestry of “legi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ido | lego | law |
| 2 | Italian | legge | law; third-person singular indicative present of... |
| 3 | Latin | lēx | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |