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Where does “léigint” come from?

léigint (Middle Irish) comes from Anglo-Norman legende, from Medieval Latin legenda, from Latin legenda, from Latin legendum, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

léigint (Middle Irish): legend

Definitions

  1. legend

Ancestry of “léigint”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normanlegendelegend
2Medieval Latinlegendaa legend, story, especially the lives of the...
3Latinlegendalegend; inflection of legendus: ##...
4Latinlegendumnominative neuter singular of legendus;...
5Latinlegō—
6Latinlēx—
7Proto-Italiclēg-—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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