English
lectical
Lectical comes from Ancient Greek λέξις ‘saying, speech’, from λέγω ‘speak’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to collect, gather’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leǵ-‘to collect, gather’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*légō‘to gather’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλέγω‘speak’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEλέξιςléxis‘saying, speech’
- Englishearliest quotation 1966lectical
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leǵ-‘to collect, gather’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*légō‘to gather’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλέγω‘speak’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEλέξιςléxis‘saying, speech’
- Englishearliest quotation 1966lectical
Earliest quotation: 1966, Curt John Ducasse, The Philosophy of Art: “Of the two species of endotelic art other than…”
Formed from lectic + -al
Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to collect, gather’
Proto-Hellenic *légō ‘to gather’
Ancient Greek λέγω ‘to put in order, arrange, gather’
English lectic
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to collect, gather’
elite, election, collection, lesson, logic, eligible, apology, trilogy, select, collect, sociology, elegant, coil, terminology, legion, negligence, physiology, pathology, logos, analogy, elect, negligent, monologue, negligible, diligent, prologue, pathologist, archaeologist, leach, eulogy, cull, etymology, epistemology, entomology, homologous, logistic, lignite, lignin, etiology, apologia, 163 more
through Ancient Greek λέγω ‘speak’
technology, catalogue, astrology, epilogue, cosmology, gynecologist, dialectic, dialogic, 19 more
through Ancient Greek λέξις ‘saying, speech’
Today it means
adj Of or relating to speech, words, or learning.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- / lectical