Where does “lexical” come from?

lexical (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese léxico, from Ancient Greek λεξικός, from Ancient Greek λέξις, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

lexical (Portuguese): Synonym of léxico

Definitions

  1. Synonym of léxico

Ancestry of “lexical”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseléxicolexicon; lexical
2Ancient Greekλεξικόςof or pertaining to words
3Ancient Greekλέξιςa saying, speech; word, phrase
4Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “lexical

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-Every word from Ancient Greek λέγωEvery word from Ancient Greek λέξις
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