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selectus

selected, chosen

DATE: Latin antiquity
SENSE: chosen apart
FAMILY: Indo-European / Italic
CANONICAL KEY: node:9:selectus:attested:sense:chosen-apart

The Latin past participle supplies the English adjective and verb.

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Latin · Latin antiquity · choose apart

seligere

to select or choose apart

SOUND: Latin selectus is the past participle of seligere.
MEANING: The action “choose apart” becomes the result “chosen.”
CHRONOLOGY: Latin morphology.
SCHOLAR: Merriam-Webster Editors
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Select — Definition and Word HistorysupportsWord History: Etymology

Identifies selectus as the past participle of seligere.

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Present-Day English · 1565–today · choose apart

select

to choose from a group; chosen for value or fitness

SOUND: English select borrows Latin selectus with minor English phonological adaptation.
MEANING: The Latin “chosen apart” sense becomes English adjectival and verbal selection.
CHRONOLOGY: English adjective reported from 1565 and verb from 1566.
SCHOLAR: Merriam-Webster Editors
CONFIDENCE: established — The source explicitly gives Latin selectus as the English source.

Select — Definition and Word HistorysupportsWord History: Etymology and First Known Use

Derives English select from Latin selectus and reports 1565 for the adjective.

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Latinselectus→Present-Day English · 1565–todayselectto choose from a group; chosen for value or fitness

SOUND: English select borrows Latin selectus with minor English phonological adaptation.
MEANING: The Latin “chosen apart” sense becomes English adjectival and verbal selection.

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