Where does “eleito” come from?

eleito (Portuguese) comes from Latin ēlēctus, 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...

eleito (Portuguese): elect, elected

Definitions

  1. elect, elected

Ancestry of “eleito”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinēlēctusextracted
2Latinēligōto choose, to pluck or root out, extract
3Latinlegōto collect, gather, bring together, catch
4Latinlēxa proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill
5Proto-Italiclēg-
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-
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