Where does “дилижанс” come from?
дилижанс (Russian) comes from French diligence, from Latin diligentia, from Latin dīligēns, from Latin dīligō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
дилижанс (Russian): stage-coach, diligence
Ancestry of “дилижанс”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | diligence | diligence, conscientiousness; haste; stage-coach,... |
| 2 | Latin | diligentia | nominative neuter plural of dīligēns; accusative... |
| 3 | Latin | dīligēns | — |
| 4 | Latin | dīligō | — |
| 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... |