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- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Germanic*ne
- Proto-Indo-European*ís?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
- Proto-Germanic*ainaz
- Proto-Germanic*nainaz
- Proto-West Germanic*nain
- Old Englishnān
- Middle Englishnon
- Old Englishnān
- Old Englishnān-
- Middle Englishnon-
- Englishnon-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Italic*eks
- Latinex
- Latinex-
- Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*léǵeti
- Proto-Italic*legō
- Latinlegō
- Latinēligō
- Latinēlēctus
- Vulgar Latin*exlectus?
- Old Frencheslit
- Middle Englishelit
- Englishelite
- English todaynonelite
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.