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Where does “legare” come from?

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

legare (Italian): to bind or tie; to unite; to connect

Definitions

  1. to bind or tie; to unite; to connect

Ancestry of “legare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinligō—
2Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie

Words derived from “legare”

  • league
  • liege
  • legato
  • interleague
  • nonleague
  • leaguewide
  • superleague
  • intraleague
  • liegewoman
  • liegeless
  • inleague
  • leaguist
  • Hanseatic League
  • enleague
  • non-league
  • liegedom
  • antilegante
  • legante
  • capolega
  • superlega
  • ferrolega
  • cuprolega
  • slegatura
  • lega
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