légua

See also: legua

French

Verb

légua

third-person singular past historic of léguer

Anagrams

algue, gaule, Gaule, gaulé, lugea

Portuguese

Alternative forms

légoa, legoa, legua (obsolete)

Etymology

From Late Latin leuca, leuga (“the Gaulish mile”), from Gaulish[1], from Proto-Celtic *lewgā (compare Middle Breton leau, Welsh lew, lev, leo (“league”)).[2]

Noun

légua f (plural léguas)

league (the distance a person can walk in an hour, used as a unit of measurement)

Descendants

Kadiwéu: leegoa

References

Blažek, Václav (2008), “Gaulish Language”, in Studia minora Facultatis philosophicae Universitatis Brunensis, issue 13, Sborníku prací filozofické fakulty brněnské univerzity, page 49
University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies (2004) English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda

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