English
elegante
Elegante comes from Latin ēlegāns ‘fine, elegant, handsome’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEēlegānsas ēlegantem‘fine, elegant, handsome’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentélégantas élégante
- Englishtodayelegante
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEēlegānsas ēlegantem‘fine, elegant, handsome’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentélégantas élégante
- Englishtodayelegante
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to gather’
technology, logic, collect, apology, catalogue, trilogy, sociology, physiology, pathology, terminology, logos, analogy, astrology, monologue, prologue, pathologist, epilogue, archaeologist, logistic, leach, eulogy, cosmology, etymology, lexicon, lexical, gynecologist, homologous, epistemology, entomology, etiology, dialectical, dialectic, lignin, apologia, alexia, lignite, lexis, bacteriology, syllogism, bacteriologist, 151 more
through Proto-Italic *legō
intelligence, intelligent, intellectual, legionnaire, legionella, legionary, 17 more
through Latin legō ‘to choose, select’
college, collection, selection, lesson, collective, select, legend, lecture, colleague, legacy, collector, coil, negligence, legion, delegation, negligible, diligent, negligent, ineligible, collegiate, cull, delegate, elector, legible, legation, lectern, collegium, lector, legate, 22 more
through Latin ēligō ‘to choose’
election, elite, eligible, elect, ineligibility, 6 more
through Latin ēlegāns ‘fine, elegant, handsome’
Today it means
noun A fashionable lady.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin ēlegāns / elegante