legwa

Cebuano

noun

Definitions

a league; the distance that a person can walk in one hour, commonly taken to be approximately three English miles (about five kilometers)

Etymology

Derived from Spanish, Castilian legua derived from Latin leuca (mile, league) derived from Proto-Celtic *lewgā.

Origin

Proto-Celtic

*lewgā

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

bannileuga Latin
leuca Latin
legua Spanish, Castilian
tragaleguas Spanish, Castilian
légua Portuguese
leege Middle English
lege Middle English
liege Middle English
lieue Middle French
legua Old Portuguese
*lewgā Proto-Celtic