Where does “ligue” come from?

ligue (French) comes from Middle French ligue, from Italian lega, from Italian legare, from Latin ligō, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.

ligue (French): league; inflection of liguer: ##...

Definitions

  1. league; inflection of liguer: ##...

Ancestry of “ligue”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchligue—
2Italianlegaleague, gang
3Italianlegareto bind or tie; to unite; to connect
4Latinligōhoe, mattock
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie

Words derived from “ligue”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- →Every word from Latin ligō →Every word from Italian legare →