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Where does “legislação” come from?

legislação (Portuguese) comes from Late Latin legislatio, from Latin legis, from Latin lego, from Latin lex, from Proto-Italic lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

legislação (Portuguese): legislation; law

Definitions

  1. legislation; law

Ancestry of “legislação”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinlegislatiothe giving of the law
2Latinlegisgenitive singular of lēx; second-person singular...
3LatinlegoI choose, select, appoint; I collect, gather,...
4Latinlexa proposition or motion for a law made to the...
5Proto-Italiclēg-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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