Where does “laud” come from?

Laud comes from Old French lauder, from Latin laudare meaning to praise, derived from Latin laus meaning praise, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European lēw-.

laud (English): Praise or glorification; Hymn of praise; A prayer...

Definitions

  1. Praise or glorification; Hymn of praise; A prayer...

Ancestry of “laud”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchlauder—
2Latinlaudōto praise, laud, extol
3LatinLauspraise, glory, repute
4Ancient GreekΛαόςpeople; people assembled
5Proto-Helleniclāwóspeople, crowd
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleh₂wospeople
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleh₂-to bark, howl; to be concealed

Words derived from “laud”

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