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Where does “legere” come from?

legere (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Latin ligāre, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.

legere (Norwegian Bokmål): to alloy; to thicken by blending egg yolks,...

Definitions

  1. to alloy; to thicken by blending egg yolks,...

Ancestry of “legere”, step by step

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

Words derived from “legere”

  • legering
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