Where does “legnoso” come from?
legnoso (Italian) comes from Latin lignōsus, from Latin līgnum, from English polygonum, from Ancient Greek πολύς, from Ancient Greek πόρος, from Ancient Greek πείρω, from Proto-Hellenic *péryō.
legnoso (Italian): woody; stiff, wooden
Ancestry of “legnoso”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | lignōsus | — |
| 2 | Latin | līgnum | — |
| 3 | English | polygonum | Any of many plants, of the family Polygonaceae,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πολύς | many, a lot of; neuter πολύ or πολλά as... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πόρος | a means of passage, passageway, way, opening;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πείρω | I pierce, run through; I cleave through |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | *péryō | — |
Words derived from “legnoso”