Where does “len” come from?
len (Galician) comes from Galician ler, from Old Portuguese leer, 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...
len (Galician): third-person plural present indicative of ler
Definitions
- third-person plural present indicative of ler
Ancestry of “len”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Galician | ler | to read |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | leer | — |
| 3 | Latin | legere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | legō | — |
| 5 | Latin | lēx | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |