Where does “legua” come from?

legua (Portuguese) comes from Latin leuga, from Latin leuca, from Proto-Celtic *lougā.

legua (Portuguese): league

Definitions

  1. league

Ancestry of “legua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinleugaA unit of length defined as 1+1⁄2 Roman miles
2Latinleucaleague, mile
3Proto-Celtic*lougā—

Words derived from “legua”

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