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Where does “exligere” come from?

exligere (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin ēligō, 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...

Ancestry of “exligere”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinēligō—
2Latinlegō—
3Latinlēx—
4Proto-Italiclēg-—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “exligere”

  • elite
  • elitism
  • élite
  • nonelite
  • eliteness
  • subelite
  • antielitism
  • elisor
  • superelite
  • elitarian
  • antielite
  • nonelitism
  • elitedom
  • cyberelite
  • elitarianism
  • unelite
  • élite
  • élite
  • elitismo
  • élitiste
  • élite
  • élitaire
  • élit
  • éliseur
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