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Where does “legierbar” come from?

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

legierbar (German): alloyable

Definitions

  1. alloyable

Ancestry of “legierbar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanlegierenTo alloy; To thicken
2Italianlegareto bind or tie; to unite; to connect
3Latinligō—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie
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