Legion Definition
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Noun
Origin of Legion
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Attested (in Middle English, as legioun) around 1200, from Old French legion, from Latin legiō, legionem, from legere (“to gather, collect"); akin to legend, lecture.
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Middle English legioun from Old French legion from Latin legiō legiōn- from legere to gather leg- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Generalized sense of “a large number" is due to (inaccurate) translations of allusive phrase in Mark 5:9
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