Where does “religius” come from?
religius (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 “religius”, step by step
religius traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Anglo-Norman religieus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anglo-Norman | religieus | religious; monk |
| 2 | Latin | religiosus | pious, devout, religious; scrupulous; sacred,... |
| 3 | Latin | religio | scrupulousness, conscientious exactness; piety,... |
| 4 | Latin | relego | I gather, collect again, recover; I travel,... |
| 5 | Latin | lego | I choose, select, appoint; I collect, gather,... |
| 6 | Latin | lex | a proposition or motion for a law made to the... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via Old French religius
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | religius | — |