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Where does “lionheartedness” come from?

lionheartedness (English) comes from English lionhearted, from English lion, from French Lion, from Italian Leone, from Spanish león, from Latin legiō, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

lionheartedness (English): The quality of being lionhearted; courage and...

Definitions

  1. The quality of being lionhearted; courage and...

Ancestry of “lionheartedness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlionheartedBrave, courageous
2EnglishlionA big cat, "Panthera leo", native to Africa,...
3FrenchLion—
4ItalianLeoneLeo
5Spanishleónlion; antlion; a brave person
6Latinlegiō—
7Latinlegō—
8Latinlēx—
9Proto-Italiclēg-—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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