lenha

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Old Galician-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin ligna, plural of lignum (firewood), thus a doublet of lenho.

Noun

lenha f

  1. firewood

Related terms

Descendants

  • Fala: leña
  • Galician: leña
  • Portuguese: lenha (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

Portuguese

lenha

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese lenha (firewood), from Latin ligna, plural of lignum (firewood). Cognate with Galician leña, Spanish leña, Catalan llenya, Occitan lenha, Romanian lemn and Italian legna.

Pronunciation

 
 

Noun

lenha f (plural lenhas)

  1. firewood

Related terms

Descendants