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feminine: lignea
neutral: ligneum
masculine: ligneus

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Etymology of the Latin word ligneus

the Latin word ligneus (wooden, wood-; woody)

derived from the Latin word lignum (the Cross; staff, cudgel; wood thing, part, writing-tablet; wood; firewood; trunk)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *leg- (to collect, to speak)

English ligneous, Italian ligneo, Portuguese lígneo