Where does “ligatúra” come from?
ligatúra (Hungarian) comes from Late Latin ligatura, from Latin ligātus, from Latin ligō, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.
ligatúra (Hungarian): ligature; slur, ligature
Ancestry of “ligatúra”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Late Latin | ligatura | binding, tying; bookbinding |
| 2 | Latin | ligātus | — |
| 3 | Latin | ligō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | leyǵ- | to bind, tie |