Etymology of the English word lienholder
the English word
lienholderderived from the English word
lienderived from the Latin word
lien (spleen; spleen from original Latin splen; spleen; diseased, enlarged condition of the spleen)
derived from the Old French word
lienderived from the Latin word
ligamen (bandage; string, fastening)
derived from the Late Latin word
ligare (to bind; to tie; bind, tie, fasten)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leig-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*legh- (to lie, to lay)
derived from the English word
holderusing the English suffix
-erderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*-arjazusing the Latin suffix
-arius (-ar)
derived from the English word
holdderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*khulazUsage
Word found in Modern English
