Where does “selecto” come from?

selecto (Spanish) comes from Latin sēlēctus, from Latin sēligō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

selecto (Spanish): select, exquisite

Definitions

  1. select, exquisite

Ancestry of “selecto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsēlēctuspicked or chosen out, selected, culled, having been selected
2Latinsēligōto separate by culling out; pick or choose out, select, cull
3Latinlegōto collect, gather, bring together, catch
4Latinlēxa proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill
5Proto-Italiclēg-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “selecto”

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