Where does “elettur” come from?

elettur (Maltese) comes from Italian elettore, from Latin elector, from Latin ēligō, 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...

elettur (Maltese): elector

Definitions

  1. elector

Ancestry of “elettur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianelettorevoter, elector
2Latinelectorchooser, selector; voter, elector
3Latinēligōto choose, to pluck or root out, extract
4Latinlegōto collect, gather, bring together, catch
5Latinlēxa proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill
6Proto-Italiclēg-
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-