Etymology

leger

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Today it means: Light; slender, slim; trivial. Full definition →

Middle French legier ← Old French legier ← Late Latin *leviārium
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leger · adjective1

  1. Late Latin · derived from*leviārium
  2. Old French · derived fromlegier
  3. Middle French · borrowed fromlegier
  4. English todayleger

Borrowed from Middle French legier, from Old French legier, apparently from Late Latin *leviārium, from levis (“light in weight”). See levity.

leger · adjective, noun, verb2

A variant of ledger.

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