Where does “legar” come from?

legar (Spanish) comes from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

legar (Spanish): to hand down; to join, bring together, unite; to...

Definitions

  1. to hand down; to join, bring together, unite; to...

Ancestry of “legar”, step by step

legar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin legō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlegōto collect, gather, bring together, catch
2Latinlēxa proposition or motion for a law made to the people by a magistrate, a bill
3Proto-Italiclēg-—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

via Old Spanish legar

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Spanishlegarto tie, bind; to make impotent for procreation...
2Latinligōhoe, mattock
3Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s →Every word from Proto-Italic lēg- →