Where does “leg” come from?
Leg comes from Middle English legge, from Old Norse leggr, from Latin leuga, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ-, meaning to lie or recline.
leg (English): A limb or appendage that an animal uses for...
Definitions
- A limb or appendage that an animal uses for...
Ancestry of “leg”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | legpuller | One who teases or tells joking untruths |
| 2 | English | puller | Anything that pulls, but especially a hoist in... |
| 3 | English | pull | To apply a force to so that it comes toward the... |
| 4 | Middle English | pullen | to pull |
| 5 | Irish | -aí | Ending of the plural of certain nouns; Agent... |
| 6 | Old Irish | -ide | — |
| 7 | Old Irish | -de | Used to form adjectives from nouns, denoting... |