Etymology

lego

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Today it means: Any 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. Full definition →

Danish leg godt
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  1. Danish · borrowed fromleg godt
  2. English todayLego

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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