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