Where does “lessiku” come from?
lessiku (Maltese) comes from Italian lessico, from Latin lexicon, from Koine Greek λεξικόν, from Ancient Greek λεξικός, from Ancient Greek λέξις, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
lessiku (Maltese): lexicon
Ancestry of “lessiku”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | lessico | vocabulary, lexicon; dictionary, lexicon |
| 2 | Latin | lexicon | a dictionary, a lexicon |
| 3 | Koine Greek | λεξικόν | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | λεξικός | of or pertaining to words |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | λέξις | a saying, speech; word, phrase |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |