Where does “legar” come from?

legar (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin ligare, from Latin ligo, from Old French lier, from Latin ligō, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.

legar (Old Portuguese): to tie, bind

Definitions

  1. to tie, bind

Ancestry of “legar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinligarepresent active infinitive of ligō; second-person...
2Latinligoa hoe, mattock; I tie, bind; I bandage, wrap...
3Old Frenchlierto tie up; to connect with a tie
4Latinligōhoe, mattock
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- →Every word from Latin ligō →Every word from Old French lier →