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Where does “legado” come from?

legado (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese legar, from Latin legatum, from Latin lēgātus, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

legado (Portuguese): legacy; ambassador; nuncio

Definitions

  1. legacy; ambassador; nuncio

Ancestry of “legado”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portugueselegarto bequeath, leave, will; to legate
2LatinlegatumA bequest, legacy; nominative neuter singular of...
3Latinlēgātus—
4Latinlegō—
5Latinlēx—
6Proto-Italiclēg-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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