From Greek (1603), from Proto-Indo-European '*leg-' ("to collect, gather"), from PIE *leg- ("to collect, gather").
The vocabulary of a person, language, or branch of knowledge; a dictionary, especially of Greek, Hebrew, or Arabic.
From Greek 'lexikón (biblíon)' (λεξικόν βιβλίον, word-book), neuter of 'lexikós' (of or for words), from 'léxis' (λέξις, word, speech, diction), from 'légein' (λέγειν, to say, to speak, to gather). The PIE root *leg- meant 'to collect, gather' — the progression from 'gathering' to 'speaking' reflects the idea that speech is the gathering of words. The same root produced Latin 'legere' (to read, to gather), showing the deep connection between collecting
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