Reconstruction:Latin/exeligere

This Latin entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Latin

Alternative forms

*exligere (western)

Etymology

From ex- +‎ ēligere, the latter itself originally ex- + legere.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ekˈselɟere/

Verb

*exēligere (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)

choose, select

Descendants

Friulian: sielzi
Italian: scegliere
Sicilian: scègliri, scègghiri
Venetian: sèlier, sièlder

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “eligere”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 214

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