Where does “legwas” come from?

legwas (Tagalog) comes from Spanish leguas, from Spanish legua, from Latin leuga, from Latin leuca, from Proto-Celtic *lougā.

legwas (Tagalog): league; mile

Definitions

  1. league; mile

Ancestry of “legwas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishleguasplural of legua
2Spanishlegualeague
3LatinleugaA unit of length defined as 1+1⁄2 Roman miles
4Latinleucaleague, mile
5Proto-Celtic*lougā—
Every word from Proto-Celtic *lougā →Every word from Latin leuca →Every word from Latin leuga →
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