Where does “lire” come from?

lire (Old French) comes 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...

lire (Old French): to read; to be read

Definitions

  1. to read; to be read

Ancestry of “lire”, step by step

lire traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin legō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlegōto collect, gather, bring together, catch
2Latinlēxa proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill
3Proto-Italiclēg-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

via Latin Lyra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinLyralyre, lute
2Ancient Greekλύραlyre, string instrument with a sounding board...

Words derived from “lire”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s →Every word from Proto-Italic lēg- →