Where does “leģenda” come from?
leģenda (Latvian) comes from German legende, from French légende, from Old French legende, from Medieval Latin legenda, from Latin legenda, from Latin legendum, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
leģenda (Latvian): legend
Definitions
- legend
Ancestry of “leģenda”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | legende | legend story |
| 2 | French | légende | legend; caption |
| 3 | Old French | legende | legend |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | legenda | a legend, story, especially the lives of the... |
| 5 | Latin | legenda | legend; inflection of legendus: ##... |
| 6 | Latin | legendum | nominative neuter singular of legendus;... |
| 7 | Latin | legō | to collect, gather, bring together, catch |
| 8 | Latin | lēx | a proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |