Where does “legible” come from?

legible (Spanish) comes from Latin legibilis, from Latin lego, from Latin lex, from Proto-Italic lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

legible (Spanish): legible, readable

Definitions

  1. legible, readable

Ancestry of “legible”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlegibilisthat can be read
2LatinlegoI choose, select, appoint; I collect, gather,...
3Latinlexa proposition or motion for a law made to the...
4Proto-Italiclēg-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “legible”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s →Every word from Proto-Italic lēg- →