Etymograph

English

Lego

Lego comes from Danish leg godt.

  1. Danishmodernleg godtliterally ‘play well’
  2. EnglishtodayLego

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Danishmodernleg godtliterally ‘play well’
  2. EnglishtodayLego

The story

Name of a company founded in 1934, shortened from Danish leg godt (literally “play well”). Coincidentally, the word also means “I put together” in Latin (see legō).

Every English word from Danish leg godt

Today it means

noun Any of several small, coloured, plastic bricks, often made by the Lego Company, that can be made to join together and be taken apart, used to construct toy buildings, vehicles, etc.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Danish leg godt / Lego

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