Where does “reeleger” come from?

reeleger (Portuguese) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

reeleger (Portuguese): to reelect elect again

Definitions

  1. to reelect elect again

Ancestry of “reeleger”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueseelegerto elect; to name
2Latinēligere
3Latinēligōto choose, to pluck or root out, extract
4Latinlegōto collect, gather, bring together, catch
5Latinlēxa proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill
6Proto-Italiclēg-
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-