Etymograph

English

self-select

From self- + select.

Formed from self- + select

Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-

Proto-Germanic *selbaz ‘self’

Proto-Germanic *selba-

English self-

Latin legō ‘to gather, select’

Latin sēligō ‘to choose out, select’

Latin sēlēctus ‘chosen out’

English select

Today it means

verb To make a choice for oneself.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “self-select”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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