legumen

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin legūmen. Doublet of legume.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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legumen (plural legumens or legumina)

  1. Dated form of legume.

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Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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Uncertain. Possibly connected to legere (to gather)[1] because they can be scooped up in the hand. The second element appears to be the common noun-forming suffix -men, but the connecting -ū- is unexplained. Alternatively, a loanword from some other language, but no cognates have been identified.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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legūmen n (genitive legūminis); third declension

  1. pulse, legume (leguminous plant)
  2. bean (plant)

Declension

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Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative legūmen legūmina
Genitive legūminis legūminum
Dative legūminī legūminibus
Accusative legūmen legūmina
Ablative legūmine legūminibus
Vocative legūmen legūmina

Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “legō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 332
  • legumen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • legumen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • legumen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin legumen.

Noun

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legumen n (plural legumene)

  1. legume (The fruit or seed of leguminous plants)

Declension

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References

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  • legumen in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN