Etymology of the English word lectureship
the English word
lectureshipderived from the English word
lecturederived from the Old French word
lecturederived from the Latin word
lecturaderived from the Latin word
lectus (bed, couch, lounge; chosen, picked, selected men)
derived from the Latin word
legere (read; gather, collect)
derived from the Greek word
legein, λέγω (to speak)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leg- (to collect, to speak)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*legh- (to lie, to lay)
using the English suffix
-shipderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*-skapazUsage
Word found in Modern English