Lex etymology

Latin

Latin word lex comes from Ancient Greek (to 1453) λόγῳ, Ancient Greek (to 1453) ἀριθμός

Etymology of lex

Detailed word origin of lex

Dictionary entry Language Definition
λόγῳ Ancient Greek (to 1453) (grc)
ἀριθμός Ancient Greek (to 1453) (grc)
logarithmus New Latin (la-new)
*leǵ- Proto-Indo-European (ine) to collect, to speak, to leak
*leǵ-s Proto-Indo-European (ine)
*lēg- Proto-Italic (itc-pro)
lex Latin (lat) (figurative) a bill which has become a law, a law. (figurative) a condition, stipulation. (figurative) a contract, agreement, covenant. (figurative) a precept, regulation, principle, rule, mode, manner. A proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill.

Words with the same origin as lex

Descendants of ἀριθμός

dignus diligenter diligentia intellego legatis legatus