legion

lex (Latin)

(figurative) a bill which has become a law, a law. (figurative) a condition, stipulation. (figurative) a contract, agreement, covenant. (figurative) a precept, regulation, principle, rule, mode, manner. A proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill.

logarithmus (New Latin)

*leǵ- (Proto-Indo-European)

to collect, to speak, to leak

*legō (Proto-Italic)

Gather, collect.

lego (Latin)

I collect, gather, bring together. I choose, select, appoint. I read.

legionem (Latin)

legion (Old French)

legion (English)

(dated, taxonomy) A group of orders inferior to a class; in scientific classification, a term occasionally used to express an assemblage of objects intermediate between an order and a class.. (military) A large military or semimilitary unit trained for combat; any military force; an army, regiment; an armed, organized and assembled militia.. (military, Ancient Rome) The major unit or [...]