selector
Meaninga picker
Common meaning: a person or device that chooses
- seapart, aside
- lectto gather, pick out; to readLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1048 · scan
- oragent ending: the doer, or the device that does it
‘apart, aside’ + ‘to gather, pick out’ → selector
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
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin legō ‘to gather, pick out; to read’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry legō, p. 1048 · dictionary scan
Roots
- legō, lēgī, lēctum Latin “to gather, pick out; to read”
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