English
Liège
Liège comes from French Liège.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentLiège
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentLiège
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ- ‘to grow (up)’
liberal, liberty, liberation, liberate, liberator, libre, libertine, libero, 13 more
through Proto-Germanic *liudiz ‘people’
Today it means
name The largest city and provincial capital of Liège, Wallonia, Belgium
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French Liège / Liège