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Where does “loer” come from?

loer (Dutch) comes from French lourd, from Middle French lourd, from Old French lourt, from Late Latin lurdus, from Latin luridus, from Latin luror, from Proto-Italic *loiros.

loer (Dutch): lure

Definitions

  1. lure

Ancestry of “loer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlourdheavy; clumsy, oafish; annoying, a drag
2Middle Frenchlourdheavy
3Old Frenchlourt—
4Late Latinlurdusslow; stupid; slow, heavy; clumsy, stupid
5Latinluriduspale yellow, wan, sallow, lurid; ghastly,...
6Latinlurorpaleness, pallor, lividness
7Proto-Italic*loiros—
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