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