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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *leǵ-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈeː.lɪ.ɡoː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈɛː.li.ɡo]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''ēligō''' (present infinitive ēligere, perfect active ēlēgī, supine ēlēctum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|ex-|lego|alt2=legō|t2=to gather, choose]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) The verb is [[inh|itc-pro|*leg-e-]], [[inh|ine-pro|*leǵ-e/o-|t=to gather]].^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ It is found from Plautus onwards,^(de Vaan 2008) whose old man says no best woman can be chosen, since each is worse than the next.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ Its literal sense was to pull out or extract, as Varro's lice picked from the heads of chicks and weeds pulled out.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Its main sense was to pick out, select or choose, as Cicero's ''ex malis minima'', “to choose the least of evils”.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ It also meant to elect.^(Wiktionary) Its participle ''electus'' gave English ''elect'' in the early 15th century, and ''elegans'' “choosy, fine” gave ''elegant''.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of choosing a wife.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it of picking out lice.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of choosing the least of evils.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * early 15th century – English ''elect'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To pull out, pick out, extract.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
+ # To select, [[m|en|choose]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
+ # To [[m|en|elect]].^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[ēlectō]]
+ * [[ēlectilis]]
+ * [[ēlēctiō]]
+ * [[ēlēctor]]
+ * [[ēlēctrīx]]
+ * [[ēlectus]]
+ * [[ēlegāns]]
+ * [[praeeligo]]
+ * [[ēlēctē]]
+ * [[ēligibilis]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[allegō]]
+ * [[colligō]]
+ * [[dīligō]]
+ * [[intellegō]]
+ * [[legō]]
+ * [[neglegō]]
+ * [[perlegō]]
+ * [[relegō]]
+ * [[sēligō]]
+ * [[sublegō]]
+ * [[en|elect]]
+ * [[en|elegant]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}