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
- The quality of being lionhearted; courage and...
Ancestry of “lionheartedness”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | lionhearted | Brave, courageous |
| 2 | English | lion | A big cat, "Panthera leo", native to Africa,... |
| 3 | French | Lion | — |
| 4 | Italian | Leone | Leo |
| 5 | Spanish | león | lion; antlion; a brave person |
| 6 | Latin | legiō | — |
| 7 | Latin | legō | — |
| 8 | Latin | lēx | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |