Where does “elegancia” come from?
elegancia (Spanish) comes from Latin elegantia, from Latin ēlegāns, from Latin ēligere, 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...
elegancia (Spanish): elegance; smartness, stylishness; refinement
Definitions
- elegance; smartness, stylishness; refinement
Ancestry of “elegancia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | elegantia | elegance, taste, propriety, refinement, grace;... |
| 2 | Latin | ēlegāns | — |
| 3 | Latin | ēligere | — |
| 4 | Latin | ēligō | — |
| 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... |