Etymology

León

Spanish León ← Latin legiō
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromlegiō“legion”
  2. Spanish · borrowed fromLeón
  3. English todayLeón

From Spanish León, from Latin legiō (“legion”), named for the Legio VII Gemina, which settled there. Doublet of legion via Old French.

Words from the same roots

SpanishLeón all →

Leon

Latinlegiō all →

Leonlegionlegionella

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.