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Where does “legume” come from?

legume (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese legume, from Latin legumen, from Latin legere, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

legume (Galician): legume; other vegetables and greens which are...

Definitions

  1. legume; other vegetables and greens which are...

Ancestry of “legume”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueselegume—
2Latinlegumenpulse, legume; bean
3Latinlegeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
4Latinlegō—
5Latinlēx—
6Proto-Italiclēg-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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