Where does “Legendenbildung” come from?
Legendenbildung (German) comes from German legende, from French légende, from Old French legende, from Medieval Latin legenda, from Latin legenda, from Latin legendum, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Legendenbildung (German): creation of a tall tale
Definitions
- creation of a tall tale
Ancestry of “Legendenbildung”, step by step
Legendenbildung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German legende
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | legende | legend story |
| 2 | French | légende | legend; caption |
| 3 | Old French | legende | legend |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | legenda | a legend, story, especially the lives of the... |
| 5 | Latin | legenda | legend; inflection of legendus: ##... |
| 6 | Latin | legendum | nominative neuter singular of legendus;... |
| 7 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 8 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |