Where does “preselectare” come from?
preselectare (Romanian) comes from Romanian preselecta, from Romanian selecta, from English select, from Latin sēlēctus, from Latin sēligō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
preselectare (Romanian): preselection
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Ancestry of “preselectare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | preselecta | to preselect |
| 2 | Romanian | selecta | to select |
| 3 | English | select | Privileged, specially selected; Of high quality;... |
| 4 | Latin | sēlēctus | picked or chosen out, selected, culled, having been selected |
| 5 | Latin | sēligō | to separate by culling out; pick or choose out, select, cull |
| 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... |