Words that come from Latin “laxus”

161 words across 31 languages descend from Latin laxus — including relax, relaxing, lessee, lessor, laxity, prolix, prolixity, laches.

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English (38)

Latin (25)

French (16)

Italian (14)

Old French (14)

Spanish (10)

Portuguese (6)

Romanian (5)

Catalan (4)

Middle French (3)

Aromanian (2)

Old Spanish (2)

Occitan (2)

Anglo-Norman (2)

Middle English (2)

Galician (1)

Albanian (1)

Istriot (1)

Neapolitan (1)

Ladin (1)

Friulian (1)

Asturian (1)

Welsh (1)

Old Occitan (1)

Dalmatian (1)

Papiamentu (1)

German (1)

Old Portuguese (1)

Old Catalan (1)

Vulgar Latin (1)

Proto-Brythonic (1)