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Where does “lectura” come from?

lectura (Late Latin) comes from Latin lecturus, from Latin legō, 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...

lectura (Late Latin): reading; nominative feminine singular of...

Definitions

  1. reading; nominative feminine singular of...

Ancestry of “lectura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlecturusabout to choose, select, appoint; about to...
2Latinlegō—
3Latinlēx—
4Proto-Italiclēg-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “lectura”

  • lecture
  • lecturer
  • lectureship
  • minilecture
  • lecturership
  • lecturess
  • lecturelike
  • nonlecture
  • lectureth
  • telelecture
  • lecturesome
  • lecturest
  • lecturous
  • belecture
  • relectura
  • lectura
  • lecture
  • Lektüre
  • leitura
  • lectura
  • lectură
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