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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

  1. urban legend

Ancestry of “urbaanilegenda”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishlegendaA legend
2Medieval Latinlegendaa legend, story, especially the lives of the...
3Latinlegendalegend; inflection of legendus: ##...
4Latinlegendumnominative neuter singular of legendus;...
5Latinlegō—
6Latinlēx—
7Proto-Italiclēg-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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