leer

Spanish

verb
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Etymology

Inherited from Latin legere inherited from Proto-Italic *legō (collect, gather) derived from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (gather, collect, leak, select, pick out, drain, speak).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*leǵ-

Gloss

gather, collect, leak, select, pick out, drain, speak

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Action/Process

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