English

legpiece

From leg + piece.

A compound of leg + piece

Proto-Germanic *lagjaz ‘leg’

Old Norse leggr ‘leg’

Middle English leg ‘leg’

English leg

Late Latin pettia ‘fragment’

Old French piece

Middle English pece ‘piece’

English piece

Today it means

noun A piece of armour that protects the leg.

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

Etymograph / legpiece