league

league · noun, verb, adjective¹

1. Latin · derived fromligō“to tie”
2. Italian · derived fromlega
3. Middle French · derived fromligue
4. Middle English · inherited fromliege
5. English todayleague

From Middle English liege, ligg, lige (“a pact between governments, an agreement, alliance”), from Middle French ligue, from Italian lega, from the verb legare, from Latin ligō (“to tie”).

league · noun²

1. Proto-Celtic · derived from*lougā
2. Late Latin · derived fromleuca
3. Middle English · inherited fromlege“league”
4. English todayleague

From Middle English lege (“league”), from Late Latin leuca, leuga (“the Gaulish mile”), from Gaulish, from Proto-Celtic *lougā (compare Middle Breton leau, lew, Breton lev / leo (“league”)). Doublet of legua.

League · proper noun³

English surname, perhaps a spelling variant of Leake.

League · proper noun⁴

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