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Where does “legante” come from?

legante (Latin) comes from Latin legans, 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...

legante (Latin): ablative masculine singular of lēgāns; ablative...

Definitions

  1. ablative masculine singular of lēgāns; ablative...

Ancestry of “legante”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlegansdespatching, sending; deputizing
2Latinlegō—
3Latinlēx—
4Proto-Italiclēg-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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