Where does “Laurier” come from?
Laurier comes from French laurier, meaning bay laurel tree, though its ultimate origin and sense development remain uncertain.
Ancestry of “Laurier”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | Laurier | laurel |
| 2 | Old French | lorier | — |
| 3 | Old French | lor | to them; their |
| 4 | Latin | laurus | laurel tree; laurels; a crown of laurel |
| 5 | English | -aceous | Of, relating to, resembling or containing the... |
| 6 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 7 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 8 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 9 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |