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Italian word scegliere comes from Latin de, and later Latin *exeligo ((Vulgar Latin) I choose, select.)
de (Latin)
(Late Latin) of persons. From, away from, down from, out of; in general to indicate the person or place from which any thing is taken, etc., with verbs of taking away, depriving, demanding, requesting, inquiring, buying; as capere, sumere, emere, quaerere, discere, trahere, etc., and their compounds.. From, away from, to indicate the place from which someone or something departs or [...]
eligere (Latin)
*exeligo (Latin)
(Vulgar Latin) I choose, select.
*exēligere (Vulgar Latin)
scegliere (Italian)
(transitive) to choose.