Where does “legier” come from?
legier (Middle French) comes from Old French legier, from Vulgar Latin leviarius, from Latin levius, from Latin lēvis, from Proto-Italic leɣʷis, from Proto-Indo-European h₁léngʰus, from Proto-Indo-European h₁lengʷʰ- — light.
legier (Middle French): light
Ancestry of “legier”, step by step