Where does “lia” come from?
lia (French) comes from French lier, from Old French lier, from Latin ligō, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.
lia (French): third-person singular past historic of lier
Definitions
- third-person singular past historic of lier
Ancestry of “lia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | lier | to link; to associate; to thicken |
| 2 | Old French | lier | to tie up; to connect with a tie |
| 3 | Latin | ligō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |