Where does “leŭgo” come from?

leŭgo (Esperanto) comes from Latin leuga, from Latin leuca, from Proto-Celtic *lougā.

leŭgo (Esperanto): league unit of distance

Definitions

  1. league unit of distance

Ancestry of “leŭgo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinleugaA unit of length defined as 1+1⁄2 Roman miles
2Latinleucaleague, mile
3Proto-Celtic*lougā—
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