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Where does “liue” come from?
liue (Old French) comes from Latin leuca, from Proto-Celtic *lougā.
liue
(Old French): league
Definitions
league
Ancestry of “liue”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
leuca
league, mile
2
Proto-Celtic
*lougā
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