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Where does “alegere” come from?

alegere (Romanian) comes from Romanian alege, 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.

alegere (Romanian): choice, selection, option; election

Definitions

  1. choice, selection, option; election

Ancestry of “alegere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianalegeto choose, to select; to be chosen; to elect
2Latinallegō—
3Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
4Latinīn-—
5Latinîn—
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
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