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Where does “lega” come from?

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

lega (Italian): league , gang; association, society; alloy

Definitions

  1. league , gang; association, society; alloy

Ancestry of “lega”, step by step

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

Words derived from “lega”

  • league
  • liege
  • interleague
  • nonleague
  • leaguewide
  • superleague
  • intraleague
  • liegewoman
  • liegeless
  • inleague
  • leaguist
  • Hanseatic League
  • enleague
  • non-league
  • liegedom
  • superlega
  • ferrolega
  • capolega
  • cuprolega
  • ligue
  • superligue
  • liguer
  • ligueur
  • liigaottelu
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