leenda

Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

From Medieval Latin legenda (“a legend, story, especially the lives of the saints, originally things to be read”), neuter plural of the future past participle of Latin legō (“I read”), from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-.

Cognate with Old Spanish leyenda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /le.ˈẽ.da/

Noun

leenda f

1. an hagiographic work (biography of a Christian saint)

Descendants

• Galician: lenda
• Portuguese: lenda