"Ledger" meaning in All languages combined

See Ledger on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Forms: Ledgers [plural]
Etymology: Two possible origins: * English patronymic surname from either the Norman personal name Leodegar or the Old French equivalent Legier, both containing the Proto-Germanic elements *liudiz (“men, people”) and *garwaz (“ready, prepared”). * English metonymic occupational surname for a stonemason, from ledger, itself a derivative of Old English leċġan (“to lay”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|nrf|-}} Norman, {{der|en|fro|-}} Old French, {{der|en|gem-pro|-}} Proto-Germanic, {{der|en|ang|leċġan||to lay}} Old English leċġan (“to lay”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun|Ledgers}} Ledger (plural Ledgers)
  1. A surname.

Inflected forms

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