Where does “legnata” come from?
legnata (Italian) comes from Italian legnare, from Italian legno, from Latin līgnum, from English polygonum, from Ancient Greek πολύς, from Ancient Greek πόρος, from Ancient Greek πείρω, from Proto-Hellenic *péryō.
legnata (Italian): blow or a beating with a stick
Definitions
- blow or a beating with a stick
Ancestry of “legnata”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | legnare | to beat with a stick |
| 2 | Italian | legno | wood; sailing ship; woodwind instrument |
| 3 | Latin | līgnum | firewood |
| 4 | English | polygonum | Any of many plants, of the family Polygonaceae,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πολύς | many, a lot of; neuter πολύ or πολλά as... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πόρος | a means of passage, passageway, way, opening;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | πείρω | I pierce, run through; I cleave through |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | *péryō | — |