Etymograph

English

self-selection

From self- + selection.

A compound of self- + selection

Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-

Proto-Germanic *selbaz ‘self’

Proto-Germanic *selba-

English self-

Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to gather’

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Proto-Italic *legō

Latin legō ‘gather’

Latin sēligō ‘choose out’

Latin sēlēctiō ‘the act of choosing out’

English selection

Today it means

noun Selecting oneself for something.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “self-selection”. 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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