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English word lesson comes from Latin lex, New Latin logarithmus, and later Proto-Italic *legō (Gather, collect.)
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lex (Latin)
(figurative) a bill which has become a law, a law. (figurative) a condition, stipulation. (figurative) a contract, agreement, covenant. (figurative) a precept, regulation, principle, rule, mode, manner. A proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill.
logarithmus (New Latin)
*leǵ- (Proto-Indo-European)
to collect, to speak, to leak
*legō (Proto-Italic)
Gather, collect.
lego (Latin)
I collect, gather, bring together. I choose, select, appoint. I read.
lectionem (Latin)
leçon (Old French)
Piece of information. Reading. Story; tale.
lesson (English)
(music) An exercise; a composition serving an educational purpose; a study.. A learning task assigned to a student; homework.. A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided.. A section of the Bible or other religious text read as part of a divine service.. A severe lecture; reproof; rebuke; warning.. Something learned or to be learned.. Something that [...]