Where does “lasso” come from?

Lasso comes from Spanish lazo, from Latin laceum, from Latin laqueus, ultimately from Proto-Italic lakw-, meaning a snare or noose.

lasso (English): A long rope with a sliding loop on one end,...

Definitions

  1. A long rope with a sliding loop on one end,...

Ancestry of “lasso”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishlazobow; ribbon; lasso
2Vulgar Latinlaceum
3Latinlaqueusnoose; snare, gin, trap
4Proto-Italiclakw-to ensnare

Words derived from “lasso

Every word from Proto-Italic lakw-