elect
/ɪˈlekt/ih-LEKT
/ɪˈlɛkt/ih-LEKT
Meaningchosen out
Common meaning: to choose by voting
- eout
- lectto gather, pick out; to readLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1048 · scan
‘out’ + ‘to gather, pick out’ → elect
Journey through time
- Latinelectus‘chosen out’source
- Englishelect‘to choose by voting’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin legō ‘to gather, pick out’.
Roots
- legō, lēgī, lēctum Latin “to gather, pick out; to read”
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