Where does “lames” come from?
Lames derives from French lame, from Latin lamina, from Proto-Indo-European stelh₃-, meaning to spread or stretch.
lames (English): Third-person singular simple present indicative...
Definitions
- Third-person singular simple present indicative...
Ancestry of “lames”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | lamé | past participle of lamer |
| 2 | French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular -er... |
| 3 | Middle French | -é | past participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n |
| 4 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 5 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |