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Where does “ligatura” come from?

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

Ancestry of “ligatura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinligātus—
2Latinligō—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie
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