Where does “lori” come from?
lori (Dutch) comes from French loris, from Dutch loeris, from Dutch loer, from French lourd, from Middle French lourd, from Old French lourt, from Late Latin lurdus, from Latin luridus.
lori (Dutch): a lory, fig parrot, used for certain parrots of the subfamily Loriinae
Definitions
- a lory, fig parrot, used for certain parrots of the subfamily Loriinae
Ancestry of “lori”, step by step
lori traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French loris
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | loris | — |
| 2 | Dutch | loeris | fool, dumbass, tool, ne'er-do-well |
| 3 | Dutch | loer | lure |
| 4 | French | lourd | heavy; clumsy, oafish; annoying, a drag |
| 5 | Middle French | lourd | heavy |
| 6 | Old French | lourt | — |
| 7 | Late Latin | lurdus | slow; stupid; slow, heavy; clumsy, stupid |
| 8 | Latin | luridus | pale yellow, wan, sallow, lurid; ghastly,... |
| 9 | Latin | luror | paleness, pallor, lividness |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *loiros | — |