Etymology

select

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Today it means: Privileged, specially selected. Full definition →

Latin sēlēctu ← Proto-Italic *legō ← Proto-Indo-European *léǵeti
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*s(w)é
  2. Latinsē-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*léǵeti
  5. Proto-Italic*legō
  6. Latinlegō
  7. Latinsēlegō
  8. Latinsēlēctu
  9. English todayselect

From Latin sēlēctus, perfect passive participle of sēligō (“choose out, select”), from sē- (“without; apart”) + legō (“gather, select”).

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