ligo.
mattock; hoe;
Meaning & usage
hoe, mattock
Where this word comes from
Uncertain. Note resemblance to Ancient Greek λίσγος (lísgos, “hoe”). A connection to dialectal English slike (“to cleave”) has also been suggested.
to tie, bind
to bandage, wrap around
to unite
Where this word comes from
Probably a back-formation from the compound verbs, which likely emerged from an earlier third conjugation verb *ligō or *legō. The shift from the third to the first conjugation occurs in other compounds, such as capiō beside occupō. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ- (“to bind”).
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