Where does “ligature” come from?

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

ligature (French): a tie; the action of tying; a binding, notably in...

Definitions

a tie; the action of tying; a binding, notably in...

Ancestry of “ligature”, step by step

ligature traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French ligature

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Middle French	ligature	—
2	Late Latin	ligatura	binding, tying; bookbinding
3	Latin	ligātus	connected, tied, bound, having been connected
4	Latin	ligō	hoe, mattock
5	Proto-Indo-European	leyǵ-	to bind, tie

via Latin ligātura

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	ligātura	binding, tying
2	Latin	-tūra	ing, -ure, -work

Words derived from “ligature”

ligaturer
ligatura
ligatuur
ligatur

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