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