Where does “legged” come from?

Legged derives from English leg, from Middle English legge, from Old Norse leggr, from Latin leuga, from Proto-Indo-European (ǝ)lak-.

legged (English): Having legs, or a certain type or number of legs;...

Definitions

  1. Having legs, or a certain type or number of legs;...

Ancestry of “legged”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishlegged

Words derived from “legged

Every word from Middle English legged
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