Where does “lemă” come from?

lemă (Romanian) comes from French lemme, from Latin lemma, from Ancient Greek λῆμμα, from Ancient Greek λαμβάνω, from Proto-Hellenic hlagʷ-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₂gʷ- — to seize, take; to take, seize.

lemă (Romanian): lemma

Definitions

  1. lemma

Ancestry of “lemă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlemmelemma
2Latinlemmaa subject for consideration explanation, a...
3Ancient Greekλῆμμαgain, income; premise, assumption
4Ancient GreekλαμβάνωI take; I receive, get; I take hold of
5Proto-Hellenichlagʷ-—
6Proto-Indo-European(s)leh₂gʷ-to seize, take; to take, seize
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₂gʷ- →Every word from Proto-Hellenic hlagʷ- →Every word from Ancient Greek λαμβάνω →