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Spanish word leer comes from Latin lex, Ancient Greek λόγῳ, Ancient Greek ἀριθμός, and later Proto-Italic *legō (Gather, collect.)

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.

λόγῳ (Ancient Greek)

ἀριθμός (Ancient Greek)

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 I deputize.. I dispatch, send as ambassador.

leer (Spanish)

To read.

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