elector
Latin
noun
Definitions
- chooser, selector
- voter, elector
Etymology
Affix from Latin ēligō (pick out, choose), legō (gather, read, choose, collect, I read, I gather, appoint, take, I collect, I choose, bring together, select) 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
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
話
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -lect English
- haplogy English
- intelligible English
- legible English
- lexicography English
- *exēligere Latin
- -legus Latin
- allego Latin
- circumlego Latin
- colligo Latin
- colligō Latin
- delegationis, delegatio Latin
- deligo Latin
- diligentem Latin
- diligo Latin
- dīlēctus Latin
- electio Latin
- electrix Latin
- eligo Latin
- intellectus Latin
- intellego Latin
- intellegēns, intelligens Latin
- intellegō Latin
- lectio Latin
- lecto Latin
- lector Latin
- lectrum Latin
- lectus Latin
- legenda Latin
- legere Latin
- legio Latin
- legiō Latin
- lego Latin
- legulus Latin
- legō Latin
- lēctiō Latin
- lēx, lēgem Latin
- perlego Latin
- praelego Latin
- relego Latin
- seligo Latin
- spicilegium Latin
- sublego Latin
- supellex Latin
- ēligere Latin
- ēligēre, ēligō Latin
- ēligō Latin
- codicologia Italian
- elettorale Italian
- elettore Italian
- elector Spanish, Castilian
- -λογία Ancient Greek
- -λογῐ́ᾱ Ancient Greek
- -λόγος Ancient Greek
- λέγω 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
- συλλογίζομαι Ancient Greek
- συλλογισμός Ancient Greek
- ἀστρολόγος Ancient Greek
- ἐκλέγω Ancient Greek
- ἐκλεκτικός Ancient Greek
- ἐκλεκτός Ancient Greek
- *-i-eh₂, *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *polh₁ús Proto-Indo-European
- *srew- Proto-Indo-European
- eleger Portuguese
- *lakō Proto-Germanic
- *lekaną Proto-Germanic
- *lēkijō Proto-Germanic
- elector Catalan, Valencian
- electoral Catalan, Valencian
- electorat Catalan, Valencian
- εκλέγω Greek (modern)
- légaid Old Irish
- легион Bulgarian
- zgjedh Albanian
- zgledh Albanian
- *to- Proto-Celtic
- *legō Proto-Italic
- *luke- Proto-Uralic
- läk- Tocharian B
- *leje- Gallo
- läk- Tocharian A
- lese Piedmontese
- lēx
- legō
- lego
- legio
- ēligō
- eligo
- legiō
- lecto
- lectio
- allego
- diligo
- seligo
- deligo
- lectus
- lēctiō
- relego
- ēligō
- -legus
- lēgem
- legere
- lector
- sublego
- colligo
- legenda
- lectrum
- colligō
- electio
- ēligēre
- perlego
- legulus
- ēligere
- praelego
- electrix
- dīlēctus
- supellex
- intellegō
- intellego
- diligentem
- circumlego
- delegatio
- *exēligere
- spicilegium
- intellectus
- intellegēns
- delegationis
- intelligens