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Where does “leigheas” come from?

leigheas (Scottish Gaelic) comes from Old Irish leiges — healing, medicine.

leigheas (Scottish Gaelic): cure, remedy, medicine; healing, treatment,...

Definitions

  1. cure, remedy, medicine; healing, treatment,...

Ancestry of “leigheas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Irishleigeshealing, medicine
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