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
- A lacrosse player
Ancestry of “lacrosser”, step by step
lacrosser traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English lacrosse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lacrosse | A sport played on a field between two opposing... |
| 2 | French | lacrosse | lacrosse; Synonym of crosse |
| 3 | French | là | there; here, present |
| 4 | Italian | là | there |
| 5 | Spanish | la | feminine singular definite article; the |
| 6 | Portuguese | lá | there; used with an adverb phrase to indicate... |
| 7 | German | a | Alternative form of A; Abbreviation of a-Moll;... |
| 8 | German | a-Moll | A-minor |
| 9 | Hungarian | a | the; this; that |
| 10 | French | à | to; on the, to; at |
| 11 | Middle French | a | to; towards; third-person singular present... |
| 12 | Old French | a | to; towards; belonging to |
| 13 | Latin | A | — |
| 14 | Etruscan | 𐌀 | and, also |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | ᾱ̔ | — |
| 16 | Phoenician | 𐤀 | ox; aleph; alef |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |