Where does “selectare” come from?
selectare (Romanian) comes from Romanian selecta, from English select, from Latin sēlēctus, from Latin sēligō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
selectare (Romanian): selection
Ancestry of “selectare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | selecta | — |
| 2 | English | select | Privileged, specially selected; Of high quality;... |
| 3 | Latin | sēlēctus | — |
| 4 | Latin | sēligō | — |
| 5 | Latin | legō | — |
| 6 | Latin | lēx | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |