Where does “alege” come from?

alege (Romanian) comes from Latin allegō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

alege (Romanian): to choose, to select; to be chosen; to elect

Definitions

  1. to choose, to select; to be chosen; to elect

Ancestry of “alege”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinallegōto select, choose, recruit, elect or admit (to or into something)
2Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
3Latinīn-un-, non-, not
4Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
5Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6Proto-Italicenin
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “alege

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