myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of eligere

Etymology of the Latin word eligere

the Late Latin word eligere (pick out, choose)

using the Late Latin prefix e-

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)

French elite, Portuguese eleger, Portuguese eligir, Spanish elegir, Spanish esleer, Spanish esleír

Word found in Late Latin