Etymology

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Today it means: Concerning the vocabulary, words, sentences or morphemes of a language. Full definition →

Latin lexis ← Ancient Greek λέξις
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromλέξις“word”
  2. Latin · derived fromlexis
  3. English todaylexical

From Latin lexis, from Ancient Greek λέξις (léxis, “word”) + -al.

Words from the same roots

Latinlexis all →

lexemelexi-

Ancient Greekλέξις all →

lexislexemealexithymiclecticallexi-

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