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Where does “relier” come from?

relier (Old French) comes from Latin religō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro-, from Proto-Indo-European pro-, from Proto-Indo-European por-, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.

relier (Old French): fasten, attach, rally, oblige

Definitions

  1. fasten, attach, rally, oblige

Ancestry of “relier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinreligō—
2Latinrĕ-—
3Latinprōdūcō—
4Latinprō-—
5Proto-Italic*pro-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
7Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
8Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed

Words derived from “relier”

  • rely
  • reliance
  • overreliance
  • relier
  • relieth
  • reliest
  • misrely
  • self-reliance
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