Where does “lent” come from?

lent (Catalan) comes from Latin lentus, from Proto-Indo-European lentos.

lent (Catalan): slow; lens

Definitions

  1. slow; lens

Ancestry of “lent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlentussticky, tenacious; slow, sluggish; flexible,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanlentos

Words derived from “lent

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lentosEvery word from Latin lentus