Scegliere etymology

Italian

Italian word scegliere comes from Latin de, and later Latin *exeligo ((Vulgar Latin) I choose, select.)

Etymology of scegliere

Detailed word origin of scegliere

Dictionary entry Language Definition
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.

Words with the same origin as scegliere