Where does “legname” come from?
legname (Italian) comes from Latin lignamen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.
legname (Italian): timber, wood
Ancestry of “legname”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | lignamen | — |
| 2 | Latin | -men | forms neuter nouns of the third declension |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | *-mn̥ | — |
Words derived from “legname”