oligolectic

1. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-“to collect, gather”
2. Ancient Greekλεκτός“chosen”
3. Proto-Indo-European*(o)leyg-“indigent, poor; miserable”
4. Ancient Greekὀλῐ́γος“few, little”
5. Englisholigolectic

From English oligo- (prefix meaning ‘few’) (from Ancient Greek ὀλῐ́γος (olĭ́gos, “few, little”), from Proto-Indo-European *(o)leyg- (“indigent, poor; miserable”)) + Ancient Greek λεκτός (lektós, “chosen”) (from λέγω (légō, “to choose; to arrange; to gather”), from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to collect, gather”)) + English -ic (suffix forming adjectives meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ from nouns), possibly modelled after eclectic.

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