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Where does “eslire” come from?

eslire (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin exligere, 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...

eslire (Old French): to select; to choose

Definitions

  1. to select; to choose

Ancestry of “eslire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinexligere—
2Latinēligō—
3Latinlegō—
4Latinlēx—
5Proto-Italiclēg-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “eslire”

  • elite
  • elitism
  • élite
  • nonelite
  • eliteness
  • subelite
  • antielitism
  • elisor
  • superelite
  • elitarian
  • antielite
  • nonelitism
  • elitedom
  • cyberelite
  • elitarianism
  • unelite
  • élite
  • élite
  • elitismo
  • élitiste
  • élite
  • élitaire
  • élit
  • éliseur
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