English
legua
Legua comes from Spanish legua ‘Spanish league’.
- Spanishc. 1500–presentlegua‘Spanish league’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Spanishc. 1500–presentlegua‘Spanish league’
- Englishtodaysame form
A compound of leuga ‘a unit of length defined as 1+¹⁄₂ Roman miles’ + leuca ‘Gaulish league, distance of one hour's walking’
Proto-Celtic *lougā
Late Latin leuga ‘a unit of length defined as 1+¹⁄₂ Roman miles’
Proto-Celtic *lougā
Late Latin leuga ‘Gaulish league, distance of one hour's walking’
Every English word from Spanish legua
Today it means
noun Spanish league, a traditional Spanish unit of distance equivalent to about 4.2 km.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Spanish legua / legua