English ligature

← Middle English ligature (inherited)

← Middle French ligature (derived)

← Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ- (root)

← Latin ligātus (derived)

← Latin ligāre (mention)

→ English legatura (mention)

→ English ligatureless (suffix)

→ English œthel (link)

→ English typographic ligature (compound)

→ English ligatured (suffix)

→ German Ligatur (cognate)