myEtymology.com: Portuguese etymology of lenda

Etymology of the Portuguese word lenda

the Portuguese word lenda

derived from the Medieval Latin word legenda

derived from the Latin word legere (read; gather, collect)

derived from the Greek word legein, λέγω (to speak)

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

Catalan llegenda, Dutch legende, English legend, French légende, German Legende, German Legend, Icelandic legenda, Italian leggenda, Latin legenda, Lithuanian legenda, Russian лeгeндa, Swedish legend