liable

The story

1. Latin · derived fromligō, ligāre“to bind, to tie”
2. Old French · derived fromlier“to bind”
3. English todayliable

From Old French lier (“to bind”), from Latin ligō, ligāre (“to bind, to tie”). Compare typologically Russian обя́занный (objázannyj), обяза́тельный (objazátelʹnyj) (akin to вяза́ть (vjazátʹ)).

Words from the same roots