Etymology Explorer › English

Where does “lamé” come from?

lamé (English) comes from French lamé, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

lamé (English): A fabric made from gold or silver threads and...

Definitions

  1. A fabric made from gold or silver threads and...

Ancestry of “lamé”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlamépast participle of lamer
2French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
3Middle French-é—
4Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
5Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
6Proto-Italic-ā—
7Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →