llegar | OEDoS

llegar (Verb) "to arrive" 12th cent. From Latin plicare "to fold." According to Roberts (2014), an extension of the sense of being 'folded' into something as an arrival at a destination. From Proto-Italic *plek- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- 'id.' Indo-European Romance Asturian llegar, Portuguese chegar, Catalan plegar, French plier, Italian piegare, Aromanian plec, Romanian pleca, Sardinian pigiàre Germanic Old Norse flétta "to plait," Old High German flehtan, Old English fleohtan 'id.' Balto-Slavic Old Church Slavonic plesti "to plait," Russian plestí 'id.' Hellenic Ancient Greek πλέκειν (plékein) "to braid" Indo-Iranian Sanskrit praśna- "turban," Young Avestan -frašna- "helm," "mail" Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Roberts, E. A. A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots. 2 vols. Xlibris Corporation. 2014. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.