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Where does “légendaire” come from?

légendaire (French) comes from French légende, from Old French legende, from Medieval Latin legenda, from Latin legenda, from Latin legendum, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

légendaire (French): legendary

Definitions

  1. legendary

Ancestry of “légendaire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlégendelegend; caption
2Old Frenchlegendelegend
3Medieval Latinlegendaa legend, story, especially the lives of the...
4Latinlegendalegend; inflection of legendus: ##...
5Latinlegendumnominative neuter singular of legendus;...
6Latinlegō—
7Latinlēx—
8Proto-Italiclēg-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “légendaire”

  • legendaire
  • légendairement
  • legendar
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