lego
Latin
verb
Definitions
- I choose, select, appoint
- I collect, gather, bring together
- I read
- (Medieval Latin) I teach, profess
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Italic *legō (collect, gather) derived from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (gather, collect, leak, select, pick out, drain, speak), *leǵ- (gather, collect, leak, select, pick out, drain, speak).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*leǵ-
Gloss
gather, collect, leak, select, pick out, drain, speak
Concept
Semantic Field
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Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -lect English
- haplogy English
- intelligible English
- lectic English
- legionella English
- lexicography English
- *exēligere Latin
- -logia Latin
- colligō Latin
- delegationis, delegatio Latin
- diligentem Latin
- dīlēctus Latin
- elector Latin
- electrix Latin
- intellectus Latin
- intellego Latin
- intellegēns, intelligens Latin
- intellegō Latin
- lectus Latin
- legere Latin
- legio Latin
- legiō Latin
- legō Latin
- lēx, lēgem Latin
- ēligere Latin
- ēligēre, ēligō Latin
- codicologia Italian
- -λογία Ancient Greek
- -λογῐ́ᾱ Ancient Greek
- -λόγος Ancient Greek
- γενεαλόγος Ancient Greek
- διαλέγομαι Ancient Greek
- διαλέγω Ancient Greek
- καταλέγω Ancient Greek
- κνιπολόγος Ancient Greek
- λέγω Ancient Greek
- λέξις Ancient Greek
- λεκτικός Ancient Greek
- λεξικόν Ancient Greek
- λεξικὸν βιβλίον Ancient Greek
- λογίζομαι Ancient Greek
- λογεῖον Ancient Greek
- λογικός Ancient Greek
- λογισμός Ancient Greek
- λογιστικός Ancient Greek
- λογομαχία Ancient Greek
- λόγιον Ancient Greek
- λόγος Ancient Greek
- παραδοξολόγος Ancient Greek
- σπερμολόγος Ancient Greek
- συλλέγω Ancient Greek
- συλλογίζομαι Ancient Greek
- συλλογισμός Ancient Greek
- τερατολόγος Ancient Greek
- ψευδολόγος Ancient Greek
- ἀμφιλέγω Ancient Greek
- ἀναλέγω Ancient Greek
- ἀπολέγω Ancient Greek
- ἀστρολόγος Ancient Greek
- ἐκλέγω Ancient Greek
- ἐπιλέγω Ancient Greek
- ὡρολόγιον Ancient Greek
- *-i-eh₂, *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *polh₁ús Proto-Indo-European
- *srew- Proto-Indo-European
- legio Norwegian Bokmål
- eleger Portuguese
- *lakō Proto-Germanic
- *lekaną Proto-Germanic
- *lēkijō Proto-Germanic
- legio Norwegian Nynorsk
- dialekt Danish
- lekce Czech
- legió Catalan, Valencian
- -λογία Greek (modern)
- επιλέγω Greek (modern)
- λέγω Greek (modern)
- λέω Greek (modern)
- zgjedh Albanian
- zgledh Albanian
- პაჭენისი Georgian
- *to- Proto-Celtic
- *legō Proto-Italic
- pcyn' Middle Persian
- *luke- Proto-Uralic
- *pati- Proto-Iranian
- läk- Tocharian B
- läk- Tocharian A