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+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=borrowing|attested=Ammianus Marcellinus|origins=cel-pro *lougā}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈɫɛu̯.ɡa]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈlɛːu̯.ɡa]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''leuga''' ''f'' (genitive leugae); first declension^(Wiktionary)
+ Also ''leuca''; medieval forms include ''leugua'', ''leuwa'' and ''leuza''.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Niermeyer 1976)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ Roman writers say it is Gaulish, and Wiktionary takes it as [[bor|cel-pro|*lougā]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) The Celtic origin is uncertain, since the ⟨eu⟩ is secondary and there are no clear Insular Celtic cognates; a link with [[cel-bry-pro|*llex|t=stone]] has been suggested, and Simon's derivation from Germanic rests on unattested forms.^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Gaffiot and Köbler cite Ammianus Marcellinus, about 390 AD.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It was a Gallic measure of distance, 1,500 Roman paces, a league, as in Ammianus and Jerome, and Isidore gives the same figure.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Isidore)
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+ British Medieval Latin used it for a league of various lengths, and for the area around a town within that distance.^(DMLBS) It survives in French ''lieue'', Spanish ''legua'' and Italian ''lega''.^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) [[en|league]], the measure, is recorded in the late 14th century; in England it was a conventional measure of about three miles.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 390 AD – Ammianus Marcellinus uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 560–636 AD – Isidore defines it as 1,500 paces.^(Isidore)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''league'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A [[m|en|league]], a Gallic measure of distance of 1,500 paces.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' The area within a league of a town.^(DMLBS)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[mīlle]]
+ * [[en|league]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}