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Where does “lectrum” come from?

lectrum (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...

Ancestry of “lectrum”, step by step

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

Words derived from “lectrum”

  • lectern
  • lectrinum
  • lutrin
  • lettorne
  • lettron
  • leitrun
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