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Where does “lecture” come from?

lecture (Latin) comes from Latin lecturus, 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...

lecture (Latin): vocative masculine singular of lēctūrus

Definitions

  1. vocative masculine singular of lēctūrus

Ancestry of “lecture”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlecturusabout to choose, select, appoint; about to...
2Latinlegō—
3Latinlēx—
4Proto-Italiclēg-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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