Where does “urbaanilegenda” come from?
urbaanilegenda (Finnish) comes from Finnish legenda, from Medieval Latin legenda, from Latin legenda, from Latin legendum, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
urbaanilegenda (Finnish): urban legend
Definitions
- urban legend
Ancestry of “urbaanilegenda”, step by step
urbaanilegenda traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish legenda
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | legenda | A legend |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | legenda | a legend, story, especially the lives of the... |
| 3 | Latin | legenda | legend; inflection of legendus: ##... |
| 4 | Latin | legendum | nominative neuter singular of legendus;... |
| 5 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 6 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via Finnish urbaani
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | urbaani | urban |
| 2 | Latin | Urbānus | of or belonging to a city; urban |
| 3 | Latin | urbs | a city, walled town; the City, Rome |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | worβis | city |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | werbʰ- | to enclose |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | werb- | to throw, twist, bend; to turn, bend, twist; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |