lieue
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Middle French lieue.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlieue f (plural lieues)
- (historical) league (distance)
Related terms
editFurther reading
edit- “lieue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
editEtymology
editFrom Late Latin leuca, leuga (“the Gaulish mile”), from Gaulish,[1] from Proto-Celtic *lougā (compare Middle Breton leau, lew, Breton lev / leo (“league”)).[2]
Noun
editlieue f (plural lieues)
- league (distance)
References
edit- ^ Blažek, Václav (2008) “Gaulish Language”, in Studia minora Facultatis philosophicae Universitatis Brunensis, number 13, Sborníku prací filozofické fakulty brněnské univerzity, page 49
- ^ 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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