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Where does “lit” come from?

lit (Old French) comes from Latin lēctus, 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...

lit (Old French): bed

Definitions

  1. bed

Ancestry of “lit”, step by step

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

Words derived from “lit”

  • litter
  • littering
  • litterfall
  • littermate
  • littery
  • litterbag
  • litterbug
  • antilitter
  • leaflitter
  • antilittering
  • litterer
  • litterless
  • nonlittering
  • litterbasket
  • belitter
  • freaklitter
  • microlitter
  • prelitter
  • litte
  • aliter
  • litière
  • lit
  • pissenlit
  • alitement
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