Where does “laches” come from?
Laches comes from Old French laches, derived from Old French lachesse, from Old French laschier, from Latin laxico, from Latin laxo, from Latin laxare, from Latin laxus meaning loose or slack.
laches (English): An unreasonable delay in bringing a claim...
Definitions
- An unreasonable delay in bringing a claim...
Ancestry of “laches”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | laches | — |
| 2 | Old French | lachesse | laxness |
| 3 | Old French | laschier | to release; to let go of |
| 4 | Latin | laxico | — |
| 5 | Latin | laxō | — |
| 6 | Latin | laxus | wide, spacious, roomy; yielding; loose, slack,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)lēg- | to let go; weak, feeble; loose; dissolute, lewd;... |