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- Ancient Greekλέξῐς (léxĭs)
- Ancient Greekλεξῐκός (lexĭkós)
- English todaylexico-
From Ancient Greek λεξικός (lexikós, “of words”), from λέξις (léxis, “a saying, speech, word”), from λέγειν (légein, “to speak”).
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.