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
- legacy; ambassador; nuncio
Ancestry of “legado”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | legar | to bequeath, leave, will; to legate |
| 2 | Latin | legatum | A bequest, legacy; nominative neuter singular of... |
| 3 | Latin | lēgātus | — |
| 4 | Latin | legō | — |
| 5 | Latin | lēx | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |