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Where does “Eligius” come from?

Eligius (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...

Ancestry of “Eligius”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinēligere—
2Latinēligō—
3Latinlegō—
4Latinlēx—
5Proto-Italiclēg-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “Eligius”

  • Eligio
  • Eligia
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