Where does “religiouse” come from?

religiouse (Middle English) comes from Anglo-Norman religieus, from Latin religiosus, from Latin religio, from Latin relego, from Latin lego, from Latin lex, from Proto-Italic lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Ancestry of “religiouse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normanreligieusreligious; monk
2Latinreligiosuspious, devout, religious; scrupulous; sacred,...
3Latinreligioscrupulousness, conscientious exactness; piety,...
4LatinrelegoI gather, collect again, recover; I travel,...
5LatinlegoI choose, select, appoint; I collect, gather,...
6Latinlexa proposition or motion for a law made to the...
7Proto-Italiclēg-
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s
9Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “religiouse

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-