Where does “legatura” come from?

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

legatura (Italian): binding; ligature; logotype

Definitions

  1. binding; ligature; logotype

Ancestry of “legatura”, step by step

legatura traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin ligātura

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinligāturabinding, tying
2Latinligātusconnected, tied, bound, having been connected
3Latinligōhoe, mattock
4Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie

via Late Latin ligatura

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinligaturabinding, tying; bookbinding

Words derived from “legatura”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- →Every word from Latin ligō →Every word from Latin ligātus →