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Where does “lessicologia” come from?

lessicologia (Italian) comes from Italian lessico, from Latin lexicon, from Koine Greek λεξικόν, from Ancient Greek λεξικός, from Ancient Greek λέξις, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

lessicologia (Italian): lexicology

Definitions

  1. lexicology

Ancestry of “lessicologia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianlessicovocabulary, lexicon; dictionary, lexicon
2Latinlexicona dictionary, a lexicon
3Koine Greekλεξικόν—
4Ancient Greekλεξικόςof or pertaining to words
5Ancient Greekλέξιςa saying, speech; word, phrase
6Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “lessicologia”

  • lessicologico
  • lessicologicamente
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