legend
- legend
legend (
n.) early 14c., "
narrative dealing with a happening or an event," from
O.Fr. legende (12c., Mod.
Fr. légende) and directly from
M.L. legenda "
legend, story,"
lit. "
(things) to be read," on certain days in church,
etc., from
L. legendus, neuter plural gerundive of
legere "
to read, gather, select" (see
LECTURE (
Cf. lecture) (
n.)). Used originally of saints' lives; extended sense of "
nonhistorical or mythical story" first recorded late 14c. Meaning "
writing or inscription" (especially on a coin or medal) is from 1610s; on a map, illustration,
etc., from 1903.
Etymology dictionary.
2014.
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