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Where does “elegante” come from?

elegante (Portuguese) comes from Latin ēlegāns, from Latin ēligere, 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...

elegante (Portuguese): elegant

Definitions

  1. elegant

Ancestry of “elegante”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinēlegāns—
2Latinēligere—
3Latinēligō—
4Latinlegō—
5Latinlēx—
6Proto-Italiclēg-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “elegante”

  • deselegante
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