dlegh-

dlegh-
To engage oneself. European root found in Celtic, Germanic, Slavic, and possibly Latin.
1.
a. play, from Old English plegian, to exercise oneself, play;
b. pledge; frankpledge, replevin, from Late Latin plevium (> Old French plevir, to pledge), pledge, guarantee;
c. plight2, from Old English pliht, danger, peril, from Germanic derivative noun *plehti-. a-c from Germanic *plegan, probably altered (by dissimilation) from *tlegan.
2. Zero-grade form *dl̥gh-. indulge, from Latin indulgēre, to indulge, explained by some as from prefixed and suffixed stative form *en-dl̥gh-ē- (*en-, in; see en).
 
[Pokorny dhl̥gh- 271.]

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  • indulgence — (n.) mid 14c., freeing from temporal punishment for sin, from O.Fr. indulgence or directly from L. indulgentia complaisance, fondness, remission, from indulgentem (nom. indulgens) indulgent, kind, tender, fond, prp. of indulgere be kind, yield,… …   Etymology dictionary

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