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lego

noun
(trademark) a child's plastic construction set for making mechanical models 
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Word Origin & History

Lego 
1954, proprietary name (in use since 1934, according to the company), from Dan. phrase leg godt "play well." The founder, Ole Kirk Christiansen, didn't realize until later that the word meant "I study" or "I put together" in Latin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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