Etymology

liaise

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Today it means: To establish a liaison. Full definition →

French liaison
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The story

  1. French · derived fromliaison“binding”
  2. English todayliaise

Back-formation from liaison, itself from French liaison (“binding”).

Words from the same roots

Frenchliaison all →

liaison

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