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NODE / 0069attestedLatin

legere

to gather, select, choose; to read

DATE
Latin antiquity
SENSE
default
FAMILY
Indo-European / Italic
CANONICAL KEY
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DIRECT DESCENDANT EDGES

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DESCENDANTderivationprobable
Latin · Latin antiquity

intellegere / intelligere

to understand, perceive, discern

SOUND
Latin intellegere is traditionally analyzed as inter- plus legere, with phonological assimilation.
MEANING
Selecting or discerning among becomes understanding; the exact semantic bridge should not be over-literalized.
SCHOLAR
Merriam-Webster · Latin lexicography
CONFIDENCE
probable — The morphology is strong; a slogan such as “choose between” is not a full semantic history.
DESCENDANTderivationestablished
Latin · Late Latin · act of reading

lectiō

a reading; act of reading

SOUND
Latin lectiō is formed from the reading stem associated with legere.
MEANING
The act of gathering or selecting develops into reading, then a reading passage.
CHRONOLOGY
Latin derivation.
SCHOLAR
Merriam-Webster Editors
CONFIDENCE
established — The derivation from Latin legere “to read” is explicit.
DESCENDANTprefixed derivationestablished
Latin · Latin antiquity · choose apart

seligere

to select or choose apart

SOUND
Latin seligere combines se- “apart” with legere “gather, select.”
MEANING
Gathering becomes discriminating choice by adding the apart element.
CHRONOLOGY
Latin derivation.
SCHOLAR
Merriam-Webster Editors
CONFIDENCE
established — The source explicitly decomposes se- plus legere.
DESCENDANTderivationestablished
Latin · Late Latin · able to be read

legibilis

that can be read

SOUND
Late Latin legibilis is formed from Latin legere “to read” with an ability suffix.
MEANING
The activity of reading becomes the quality of being readable.
SCHOLAR
Merriam-Webster · American Heritage · Etymonline editors
CONFIDENCE
established
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UNIQUE DESCENDANT NODES
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REVIEWED EDGES
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MODERN DOSSIERS REACHED
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HISTORICAL STEP 017 EDGES
STEP 01derivationestablished
SOUND
Late Latin legibilis is formed from Latin legere “to read” with an ability suffix.
MEANING
The activity of reading becomes the quality of being readable.
Merriam-Webster · American Heritage · Etymonline editors3 CITATIONSEDGE 450 ↗
HISTORICAL STEP 028 EDGES
STEP 02derivationestablished
SOUND
Latin intellectus is the action noun and participial formation of intellegere.
MEANING
The act of perceiving or understanding becomes the faculty or product of understanding.
Merriam-Webster · American Heritage editors2 CITATIONSEDGE 382 ↗
STEP 02borrowingestablished
SOUND
Middle English legible borrows Late Latin legibilis with English phonological adaptation.
MEANING
The ability to be read remains the inherited meaning.
Merriam-Webster · American Heritage editors2 CITATIONSEDGE 449 ↗
HISTORICAL STEP 039 EDGES
STEP 03borrowingestablished
SOUND
English intelligent adapts the Latin participial stem intelligent- with English stress, vowel, and final-consonant treatment.
MEANING
Latin understanding and discernment become the English adjective for mental capacity, judgment, and later computer-guided behavior.
Merriam-Webster · American Heritage editors2 CITATIONSEDGE 402 ↗
STEP 03historical continuationestablished
SOUND
The Middle English learned form stabilizes as modern legible with later English stress and vowel development.
MEANING
Literal readability remains primary while discernibility and understandability become figurative extensions.
Merriam-Webster · American Heritage editors3 CITATIONSEDGE 448 ↗
HISTORICAL STEP 045 EDGES
STEP 04borrowingprobable
SOUND
English intellect continues a medieval French or directly Latin learned form; this dossier displays the published Old French route.
MEANING
Perception and understanding become the modern capacity for knowing and reasoning.
Merriam-Webster · American Heritage editors2 CITATIONSEDGE 380 ↗
HISTORICAL STEP 053 EDGES

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ATTESTATIONS / FIRST KNOWN USE

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SOURCE-REPORTEDlexical corpus recordestablished

Latin literary record

The date and form are source-reported. No manuscript or inscription facsimile has been directly inspected for this record.

lecture dossier · recorded as legere
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