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Where does “ligación” come from?

ligación (Spanish) comes from Latin ligationem, from Latin ligatio, from Latin ligatus, from Latin ligare, from Latin ligo, from Old French lier, from Latin ligō, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.

ligación (Spanish): binding, joining, union

Definitions

  1. binding, joining, union

Ancestry of “ligación”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinligationemaccusative singular of ligātiō
2Latinligatiobinding, bandage
3Latinligatusconnected, tied, bound, having been connected;...
4Latinligarepresent active infinitive of ligō; second-person...
5Latinligoa hoe, mattock; I tie, bind; I bandage, wrap...
6Old Frenchlierto tie up; to connect with a tie
7Latinligō—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie
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