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Where does “lexis” come from?

lexis (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek λέξις, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

lexis (Latin): A word

Definitions

  1. A word

Ancestry of “lexis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekλέξιςa saying, speech; word, phrase
2Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “lexis”

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  • lex
  • lexically
  • lexeme
  • lexicalization
  • sublexical
  • lexicality
  • lexer
  • lexicalisation
  • nonlexical
  • lexicalist
  • lexicalize
  • prelexical
  • morpholexical
  • lexemic
  • delexical
  • relexicalization
  • lexicalism
  • delexicalization
  • interlexical
  • monolexical
  • extralexical
  • monolexemic
  • overlexicalization
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