*leg-(1)
“收集,聚集”是原始印欧语言词根,派生出“讲话”的意思,指“聚集语言,挑选词汇”。
它构成或成为以下词汇的一部分: alexia; analects; analogous; analogue; analogy; anthology; apologetic; apologue; apology; catalogue; coil; colleague; collect; college; collegial; Decalogue; delegate; dialect; dialogue; diligence; doxology; dyslexia; eclectic; eclogue; elect; election; epilogue; hapax legomenon; homologous; horology; ideologue; idiolect; intelligence; lectern; lectio difficilior; lection; lector; lecture; leech(n.2)“医生”; legacy; legal; legate; legend; legible; legion; legislator; legitimate; lesson; lexicon; ligneous; ligni-; logarithm; logic; logistic; logo-; logogriph; logopoeia; Logos; -logue; -logy; loyal; monologue; neglect; neologism; philology; privilege; prolegomenon; prologue; relegate; sacrilege; select; syllogism; tautology; trilogy。
据推测该词根来源是:希腊语 legein “说,讲,说出,宣告,计数”,最初指荷马史诗中的“挑出、选择、收集、列举”, lexis “言语,措辞”, logos “言语,想法,观点,记述”; 拉丁语 legere “收集,选择,摘; 阅读”, lignum “树木,柴火”,原意为“所收集的东西”, legare “委派,委任,授权”, lex “法律”(也许是“规则的收集”); 阿尔巴尼亚语 mb-ledh “收集,收获”; 哥特语 lisan “收集,收获”; 立陶宛语 lesti “挑选,采摘”; 赫梯语 less-zi “挑选,收集”。