Etymology

leaguer

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Today it means: A siege. Full definition →

Dutch leger ← Proto-Germanic *legrą
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leaguer · noun, verb1

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*legrą
  2. Dutch · borrowed fromleger“army”
  3. English todayleaguer

From Dutch leger (“army”), itself derived from Proto-Germanic *legrą. Doublet of lair.

leaguer · noun2

From league + -er.

leaguer · noun3

Related to lager.

Words from the same roots

Proto-Germanic*legrą all →

lairlaager

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