Where does “elegibilidade” come from?
elegibilidade (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese elegível, from Portuguese eleger, from Latin ēligere, from Latin ēligō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
elegibilidade (Portuguese): eligibility the quality of being eligible
Definitions
- eligibility the quality of being eligible
Ancestry of “elegibilidade”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | elegível | eligible meeting the conditions |
| 2 | Portuguese | eleger | to elect; to name |
| 3 | Latin | ēligere | — |
| 4 | Latin | ēligō | to choose, to pluck or root out, extract |
| 5 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 6 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |