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Where does “ligaturer” come from?

ligaturer (French) 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.

ligaturer (French): to ligate

Definitions

  1. to ligate

Ancestry of “ligaturer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchligaturea tie; the action of tying; a binding, notably in...
2Middle Frenchligature—
3Late Latinligaturabinding, tying; bookbinding
4Latinligātus—
5Latinligō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie
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