Where does “allegō” come from?
allegō (Latin) comes from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
allegō (Latin): to select, choose, recruit, elect or admit (to or into something)
Definitions
- to select, choose, recruit, elect or admit (to or into something)
Ancestry of “allegō”, step by step
allegō traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin Ad
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 2 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 3 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 4 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
via Latin legō
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 2 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
Words derived from “allegō”