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English preserved the learned form with later English vowel and stress development.

Anglo-French borrowed Latin lēgālis through regular Romance adaptation.

Latin lēgālis is formed on lēx, leg- “law.”

Latin lēx has traditionally been connected with the gather / collect family; published work argues for a root with initial *s.

Latin legere is traditionally assigned to the *leǵ- family; *sleǵ- remains a published alternative.

lēctus is the suppletive-looking past participle used with legere.

lectūra is a deverbal noun built from the participial stem lēct-.

English adapted Late Latin lectūra through the medieval learned tradition.

English adapted Late Latin lectūra through the medieval learned tradition.

lectūra is a deverbal noun built from the participial stem lēct-.

lēctus is the suppletive-looking past participle used with legere.

legendus is the gerundive of legere.

legenda is the feminine singular or neuter plural gerundive formation represented in medieval use.

Anglo-French transmitted Medieval Latin legenda.

Middle English adapted the Anglo-French form.

Final unstressed -e was lost and spelling stabilized as legend.

English adapted Late Latin lectūra through the medieval learned tradition.

lectūra is a deverbal noun built from the participial stem lēct-.

lēctus is the suppletive-looking past participle used with legere.

Latin intellegere is traditionally analyzed as inter- plus legere, with phonological assimilation.

intelligēns is the present participial formation of intellegere / intelligere.

The abstract noun intelligentia is formed on the participial stem intelligent-.

French transmitted Latin intelligentia.

English borrowed the French abstract noun with later pronunciation change.

English adapted Late Latin lectūra through the medieval learned tradition.

lectūra is a deverbal noun built from the participial stem lēct-.

lēctus is the suppletive-looking past participle used with legere.

colligere combines the assimilated com- / col- “together” prefix with legere.

collēctus is the past participle of colligere.

Anglo-French transmitted the Latin participial stem.

Middle English borrowed the Anglo-French verb.

Middle English inflection was lost and the learned spelling stabilized.

English adapted the learned French form and later aligned spelling with the classical model.

Old French transmitted the learned Latin form.

Latin borrowed Greek ἐτυμολογία.

Greek ἐτυμολογία contains the -λογία formation belonging to the λόγος family.

λογικός is formed on λόγος with the adjectival suffix -ικός.

Greek λογική is the substantivized feminine of λογικός, conventionally with an understood noun such as τέχνη.

Latin logica borrowed and adapted Greek λογική.

French transmitted the learned Latin form with Romance phonology.

Middle English adapted the Anglo-French form and spelling.

Middle English final consonant and vowel pattern stabilized as modern logic with later pronunciation change.

English adapted the learned French form and later aligned spelling with the classical model.

Old French transmitted the learned Latin form.

Latin borrowed Greek ἐτυμολογία.

Greek ἐτυμολογία contains the -λογία formation belonging to the λόγος family.

λόγος is a verbal noun in the λέγω family, with an o-grade formation represented in traditional analysis.

Greek λέγω is traditionally derived from PIE *leǵ-; some scholarship argues that an initial *s should be reconstructed.

Latin lēx has traditionally been connected with the gather / collect family; published work argues for a root with initial *s.

Latin lēgālis is formed on lēx, leg- “law.”

Anglo-French borrowed Latin lēgālis through regular Romance adaptation.

English preserved the learned form with later English vowel and stress development.