lignum

Latin

noun
Definitions
  • firewood
  • (later Latin) wood tissue
  • tree

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Italic *legnom inherited from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-no-m (that which is collected).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*leǵ-no-m

Gloss

that which is collected

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