legendary

The story

1. Latin · derived fromlegenda
2. Medieval Latin · derived fromlegendārium
3. Medieval Latin · derived fromlegendārius
4. English todaylegendary

From legend + -ary; from Medieval Latin legendārius. Earlier it was a noun meaning "a collection of legends" (1510s) (Medieval Latin legendārium, Old French legendier), from Latin legenda. In English, both the noun and the adjective first appeared in the 16th century.

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