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

lamé traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via French lamé

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlamépast participle of lamer
2Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
3Middle Frenchpast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
4Old Frenchused to form past participles of regular -er...
5Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
6Proto-ItalicForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
7Proto-Indo-European-éh₂

via Middle English lame

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishlameTo shine
2Old Englishlamalame
3Proto-West Germanic*lam
4Proto-Germaniclamazlame; withered, defective
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃lemH-broken; weak, broken, soft

via Middle French lame

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchlame
2Latinlāminaa thin piece or sheet of metal, wood, marble, etc.; a plate, leaf, layer
3Latinlaminamaccusative singular of lāmina

Words derived from “lamé

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from Latin -aEvery word from French