Leggy
/ˈlɛɡi/noun
Having long or prominent legs; also informally, tall and slender.
Did you know?Leggy comes from leg, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leg- meaning “to gather, collect, pick out,” the same root behind words like lecture and legend, not a separate “limb” root.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*leg-
“to gather, collect, pick out”
Latin
Latin
legere
“to gather, choose, read”
Old French
OF
leggier
“light, nimble”
Middle English
English
leggy
“having long legs; nimble”
Modern English
English
leggy
“having long or prominent legs”