Italian word scegliere comes from Latin de, and later Latin *exeligo ((Vulgar Latin) I choose, select.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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de | Latin (lat) | (Late Latin) of persons. From, away from, down from, out of; in general to indicate the person or place from which any thing is taken, etc., with verbs of taking away, depriving, demanding, requesting, inquiring, buying; as capere, sumere, emere, quaerere, discere, trahere, etc., and their compounds.. From, away from, to indicate the place from which someone or something departs or [...] |
eligere | Latin (lat) | |
*exeligo | Latin (lat) | (Vulgar Latin) I choose, select. |
*exēligere | Vulgar Latin (la-vul) | |
scegliere | Italian (it) | (transitive) to choose. |