Reconstruction:Latin/exeligere
Latin
Alternative forms
- *exligere (western)
Etymology
From ex- + ēligere, the latter itself originally ex- + legere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ekˈselɡʲere/
Verb
*exēligere (Proto-Italo-Western-Romance)
Descendants
- Italo-Dalmatian:
- Italian: scegliere
- Sicilian: scègliri, scègghiri
- Venetan: sèlier, sièlder
- Rhaeto-Romance:
- Friulian: sielzi
References
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “eligere”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 3: D–F, page 214