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Where does “légionista” come from?

légionista (Hungarian) comes from French légion, from Latin legiō, 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...

légionista (Hungarian): legionnaire

Definitions

  1. legionnaire

Ancestry of “légionista”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlégionlegion
2Latinlegiō—
3Latinlegō—
4Latinlēx—
5Proto-Italiclēg-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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