Where does “relege” come from?
relege (Romanian) comes from Romanian religie, from French religion, from Middle French religion, from Old French religion, from Latin religiō, from Latin religō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō — passed , crossed.
relege (Romanian): religion
Definitions
- religion
Ancestry of “relege”, step by step
relege traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian religie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | religie | religion |
| 2 | French | religion | religion |
| 3 | Middle French | religion | religion |
| 4 | Old French | religion | religion |
| 5 | Latin | religiō | scrupulousness, conscientious exactness |
| 6 | Latin | religō | to bind fast |
| 7 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 8 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 9 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |