Where does “dislegare” come from?

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

dislegare (Italian): to untie

Definitions

  1. to untie

Ancestry of “dislegare”, step by step

dislegare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian legare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianlegareto bind or tie; to unite; to connect
2Latinligōhoe, mattock
3Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie

via Italian dis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italiandis
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ-