Etymology

lexis

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Today it means: The set of all words and phrases in a language; any unified subset of words from a particular language. Full definition →

Ancient Greek λέξῐς (léxĭs) ← Proto-Hellenic *légō ← Proto-Indo-European *léǵ-e-ti
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*léǵ-e-ti
  3. Proto-Hellenic*légō
  4. Ancient Greekλέγω (légō)
  5. Ancient Greekλέξῐς (léxĭs)
  6. English todaylexis

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek λέξις (léxis, “speech, word”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekλέξις all →

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