Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryAny of several small, coloured, plastic bricks, often made by the Lego Company, that can be made to join together and be taken apart, used to construct toy buildings, vehicles, etc.
Name of a company founded in 1934, shortened from Danish leg godt (literally “play well”). Coincidentally, the word also matches Latin legō, meaning “I put together”.
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