Where does “lexic” come from?

lexic (Romanian) comes from French lexique, from Ancient Greek λεξικόν, from Ancient Greek λέξις, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

lexic (Romanian): vocabulary

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Ancestry of “lexic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlexiquevocabulary; lexicon; glossary
2Ancient Greekλεξικόνlexicon, dictionary
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...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- →Every word from Ancient Greek λέγω →Every word from Ancient Greek λέξις →