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Where does “lacrosser” come from?

lacrosser (English) comes from English lacrosse, from French lacrosse, from French là, from Italian là, from Spanish la, from Portuguese lá, from German a, from German a-Moll — ox; aleph; alef.

lacrosser (English): A lacrosse player

Definitions

  1. A lacrosse player

Ancestry of “lacrosser”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlacrosseA sport played on a field between two opposing...
2Frenchlacrosselacrosse; Synonym of crosse
3Frenchlàthere; here, present
4Italianlàthere
5Spanishlathe; accusative of ella, ello , and usted ; her,...
6Portugueseláthere; used with an adverb phrase to indicate...
7GermanaAlternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;...
8Germana-MollA-minor
9Hungarianathe; this; that
10Frenchàto; on the, to; at
11Middle Frenchato; towards; third-person singular present...
12Old Frenchato; towards; belonging to
13LatinA—
14Etruscan𐌀—
15Ancient Greekᾱ̔—
16Phoenician𐤀ox; aleph; alef
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