Where does “ligatuur” come from?

ligatuur (Dutch) comes from French ligature, from Middle French ligature, from Late Latin ligatura, from Latin ligātus, from Latin ligō, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.

ligatuur (Dutch): a ligature character combining multiple letters

Definitions

  1. a ligature character combining multiple letters

Ancestry of “ligatuur”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchligaturea tie; the action of tying; a binding, notably in...
2Middle Frenchligature—
3Late Latinligaturabinding, tying; bookbinding
4Latinligātusconnected, tied, bound, having been connected
5Latinligōhoe, mattock
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie

Words derived from “ligatuur”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- →Every word from Latin ligō →Every word from Latin ligātus →