lignum

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *leg-no (“that which is collected”), from *leǵ-

Pronunciation

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Noun

1. firewood.
2. (later Latin) wood tissue.
3. 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)

Derived terms

• lignārius
• ligneus
• lignor
• lignōsus

Related terms

• lignātiō
• lignātor
• ligneolus

Descendants

• 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
• Istriot: lìgno, lìgna

• Italian: legno, legna
• Ladin: legn, legna
• Ligurian: legno
• Lombard: légn, légna
• Malaccan Creole Portuguese: lenya
• Megleno-Romanian: lemn
• Mirandese: lheinha
• Neapolitan: ligno
• Occitan: lenha
• Old French: legne, laigne, ligne
• Old Portuguese: lenno, lenna
• Old Provençal: lenh

• Picard: laigne, laingne
• Piedmontese: lëgna
• Portuguese: lenho, lenha
• Romagnol: légn
• Romanian: lemn
• Romansch: lain, laina
• Sardinian: línna
• Sicilian: lignu, ligna
• Spanish: leño, leña
• Venetian: łegno, łen, łégna
• Walloon: legn
• Welsh: llwyn