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Where does “lé” come from?

lé (French) comes from French moine, from Middle French moine, from Old French monie, from Latin monicus.

lé (French): breadth, width; strip, length

Definitions

  1. breadth, width; strip, length

Ancestry of “lé”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmoinemonk
2Middle Frenchmoinemonk
3Old Frenchmonie—
4Latinmonicus—
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