English
ligatureless
Ligatureless comes from Late Latin ligātūra, from Latin ligō ‘to tie, bind’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leyǵ-1‘to bind, tie’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEligō1‘to tie, bind’
- Late Latinmodernligātūra1
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600ligature1
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ligature1‘ligament’
- English1500–presentligature1
- Englishearliest quotation 1977ligatureless1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English ligatureless
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1977, S. Subrahmanyan with Ci Cuppiramaṇiyaṉ: “He also says that the change of older V…”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leyǵ-Wiktionary, English ligatureless‘to bind, tie’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEligōWiktionary, English ligatureless‘to tie, bind’
- Late LatinmodernligātūraWiktionary, English ligatureless
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600ligatureWiktionary, English ligatureless
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500ligatureWiktionary, English ligatureless‘ligament’
- English1500–presentligatureWiktionary, English ligatureless
- Englishearliest quotation 1977ligaturelessWiktionary, English ligatureless. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1977, S. Subrahmanyan with Ci Cuppiramaṇiyaṉ: “He also says that the change of older V…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ- ‘to bind, tie’
through Latin ligō ‘to tie, bind’
league, religious, religion, ally, alloy, liable, liaison, lien, ligament, ligand, liaise, religiosity, obligate, legato, 14 more
Today it means
adj without ligatures
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “ligatureless”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ- / ligatureless