Etymology · Proto-Indo-European
*leyǵ-
4 English words descend from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ-, most common first.
- obligationThe act of binding oneself by a social, legal, or moral tie to someone.
- liaisonA thickening for sauces, typically based on egg yolks.
- allyTo unite or form a connection between (people or things), as between families by marriage, or between states by confederacy, league, or treaty.
- leechA typically aquatic blood-sucking annelid of the subclass Hirudinea, especially Hirudo medicinalis.