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Where does “legislativo” come from?

legislativo (Portuguese) comes from French législatif, 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...

legislativo (Portuguese): legislative; Short for poder legislativo

Definitions

  1. legislative; Short for poder legislativo

Ancestry of “legislativo”, step by step

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

Words derived from “legislativo”

  • antilegislativo
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