Meaning

noun a human limb; commonly used to refer to a whole limb but technically only the part of the limb between the knee and ankle

noun a structure in animals that is similar to a human leg and used for locomotion

noun one of the supports for a piece of furniture

originFrom Middle English leg, legge, from Old Norse leggr (“leg, calf, bone of the arm or leg, hollow tube, stalk”), from Proto-Germanic *lagjaz, *lagwijaz (“leg, thigh”) (see it for more). Cognate with Scots leg (“leg”), Icelandic leggur (“leg, limb”), Norwegian Bokmål legg (“leg”), Norwegian Nynorsk legg (“leg”), Swedish lägg (“leg, shank, shaft”), Danish læg (“leg”), Lombardic lagi (“thigh, shank,…

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