e 1 l 1 e 1 g 2 i 1 s 1 t 1
7 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun the author of a mournful poem lamenting the dead
originEtymology tree English elegy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English elegist From elegy + -ist.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Also spells
Words from these letters
- elegit 7
- gleets 7
- legist 7
- legits 7
- lieges 7
- elites 6
- listee 6
- egest 6
- geest 6
- geist 6
- geits 6
- gelts 6