Where does “eligo” come from?

eligo (Latin) comes 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...

eligo (Latin): to choose, to pluck or root out, extract

Definitions

  1. to choose, to pluck or root out, extract

Ancestry of “eligo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlegōto collect, gather, bring together, catch
2Latinlēxa proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill
3Proto-Italiclēg-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “eligo”

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