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