liga
Portuguese
/ˈli.ɡɐ/
noun
Definitions
- alloy (metal combined of more elements)
- league; group; association
- league (organization of sports teams which play against one another for a championship)
- (uncountable) connection (act of connecting)
- garter (band worn around the leg to hold up a sock or stocking)
Etymology
Derived from Latin ligāre (tie) derived from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ- (bind).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*leyǵ-
Gloss
bind
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *ligināre Latin
- ligo Latin
- ligāre Latin
- ligātiō Latin
- ligō Latin
- legare Italian
- liar Spanish, Castilian
- ligar Spanish, Castilian
- *leyǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- desligar Portuguese
- ligar Portuguese
- superliga Portuguese
- lier Old French
- lligar Catalan, Valencian
- lega Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- legar Old Portuguese
- ligar Occitan
- leâ Friulian
- legar Old Spanish
- łigar Venetian
- *līdza Proto-Albanian
- ligur Dalmatian