Where does “preelectoral” come from?
preelectoral (Romanian) comes from Romanian electoral, from French électoral, from French électeur, from Latin elector, from Latin ēligō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
preelectoral (Romanian): preelection
Definitions
- preelection
Ancestry of “preelectoral”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | electoral | electoral |
| 2 | French | électoral | electoral; related to elections |
| 3 | French | électeur | elector |
| 4 | Latin | elector | chooser, selector; voter, elector |
| 5 | Latin | ēligō | to choose, to pluck or root out, extract |
| 6 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 7 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |