English
election
/ɪˈlɛkʃ(ə)n/
A process of choosing a leader, members of parliament, councillors, or other representatives by popular vote.
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Origin
From Middle English eleccioun, eleccion, from Anglo-Norman eleccioun, from Latin ēlectiōn-, stem of ēlectiō (“choice, selection”), from ēligō (“to pluck out, to choose”). Equivalent to elect + -ion. Displaced native Old English cyre (“choice, free will, election”).
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- rootProto-Indo-European*leǵ- “to gather, collect”
- inheritedMiddle Englisheleccioun
- derivedAnglo-Normaneleccioun
- surface analysisEnglishelect “One chosen or set apart.”
- suffixEnglish-ion “An action or process, or the result of an action or process.”
- derivedEnglish-ation “An action or process.”
- inheritedMiddle English-acioun
- derived (possibly)Englishinion “A small protuberance on the external surface of the back of the skull near the neck; the external o…”
- derivedAncient Greekἰνίον “occipital bone; back of the head”
- derivedAncient Greekἀπόγειον “away from Earth”
- derivedEnglish-ation “An action or process.”