lignum
Latin
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *leg-no (“that which is collected”), from *leǵ-
Pronunciation
Noun
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- firewood.
- (later Latin) wood tissue.
- tree
- 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Psalm.1.3:
- Et erit tamquam lignum transplantatum iuxta rivulos aquarum quod fructum suum dabit in tempore suo et folium eius non defluet et omne quod fecerit prosperabitur
- And he shall be like a tree which is planted near the running waters, which shall bring forth its fruit, in due season. And his leaf shall not fall off: and all whosoever he shall do shall prosper (Duoay-Rheims translation)
- Et erit tamquam lignum transplantatum iuxta rivulos aquarum quod fructum suum dabit in tempore suo et folium eius non defluet et omne quod fecerit prosperabitur
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- Aragonese: lenya
- Aromanian: lemnu
- Asturian: lleña, lleiña, ḷḷeiña, ḷḷeña, ḷḷeñe, lleñe, lleñi, cheña, yeñi, yeña
- Catalan: llenya
- Corsican: legnu, legna, lenghju
- Dalmatian: lanc
- Emilian: laggna
- Fala: leña
- Friulian: len
- Galician: leña
- Guinea-Bissau Creole: lenha