Etymology of the French word leçon
the French word
leçonderived from the Latin word
lectio (reading; perusal; choosing)
derived 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)
Date
The earliest known usage of leçon in French dates from the 12th century.
Derivations in other languages
English
lessonCognates
Catalan
llissó, English
lection, English
lesson, French
lecon, German
Lektion, Icelandic
lexía, Italian
lezione, Norwegian
leksjon, Polish
lekcja, Provençal
leisso, Russian
лeкция, Spanish
lección, Swedish
lektion, Yiddish
lektsje
