Etymology · Proto-Indo-European
*leǵ-
13 English words descend from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-, most common first.
- collectionA set of items or amount of material procured, gathered or presented together.
- collectTo gather together; amass.
- lexiconThe vocabulary of a language.
- leachA quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
- leechA typically aquatic blood-sucking annelid of the subclass Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.
- electorA person eligible to vote in an election; a member of an electorate, a voter.
- teleologyThe study of the design or final purpose of natural occurrences, that is, of such occurrences being the result of intention instead of prior causes.
- hemerologyThe study of calendars, especially with a view to identifying propitious days.
- logionA traditional saying of a religious leader.
- logorrheaExcessive talkativeness.
- oligolecticRelating to, or characteristic of, oligolecty.
- oligolectyThe preference of an insect pollinator (chiefly a bee) for pollinating only a few plant species.
- polylecticOf or relating to an insect (especially a bee) which collects pollen from the flowers of a variety of unrelated plants.