Etymograph

English

subligation

Subligation comes from Latin subligatio ‘binding or tying below’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsubligatio‘binding or tying below’
  2. Englishtodaysubligation

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsubligatio‘binding or tying below’
  2. Englishtodaysubligation

A compound of subligare + ligare ‘to bind’

Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ- ‘to bind’

Latin ligō ‘to bind’

Today it means

noun The act of binding underneath.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin subligatio / subligation