Where does “lexical” come from?

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

lexical (Romanian): lexical

Definitions

  1. lexical

Ancestry of “lexical”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlexicallexical
2LatinlexisA word
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...

Words derived from “lexical”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- →Every word from Ancient Greek λέγω →Every word from Ancient Greek λέξις →