Latin seligere combines se- “apart” with legere “gather, select.”
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seligere
to select or choose apart
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PARENT / EARLIER FORM / attestedLatin · Latin antiquitylegere
to gather, select, choose; to read
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Gathering becomes discriminating choice by adding the apart element.
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established — The source explicitly decomposes se- plus legere.
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supportsAUDIT SOURCE ↗ORIGINAL ↗Explicitly analyzes seligere as se- “apart” plus legere “gather, select.”
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