légua

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See also: legua

French

Verb

légua

  1. third-person singular past historic of léguer

Anagrams

Portuguese

Alternative forms

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)

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

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Lua error in Module:quote at line 896: |date= should contain a full date (year, month, day of month); use |year= for year
  2. ^ Koch, John (2004) English–Proto-Celtic Word-list with attested comparanda‎[1], University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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