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Where does “Liga” come from?

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

Liga (German): league

Definitions

  1. league

Ancestry of “Liga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianlegaleague , gang; association, society; alloy
2Italianlegareto bind or tie; to unite; to connect
3Latinligō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie
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