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Stage 1 of 2
seligere
Latin · ancient
"to choose apart, to pick out"
to choose apart, to pick out, from se- (apart) and legere (to choose)
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Stage 2 of 2
select
English · 1560s
"to carefully choose from a group of options"
settled as the English word for carefully choosing from a group
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