Where does “laxist” come from?
laxist (English) comes from English lax, from Middle English lax, from Old English leax, from Proto-West Germanic lahs, from Proto-Germanic lahsaz, from Chinese 拉薩, from Tibetan ལྷ་ས, from Old Tibetan ར་ས.
laxist (English): Someone promoting lax views or relaxed...
Definitions
- Someone promoting lax views or relaxed...
Ancestry of “laxist”, step by step
laxist traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English lax
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lax | A salmon; Lenient and allowing for deviation; not... |
| 2 | Middle English | lax | salmon |
| 3 | Old English | leax | a salmon |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | lahs | salmon |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | lahsaz | salmon |
| 6 | Chinese | 拉薩 | — |
| 7 | Tibetan | ལྷ་ས | Lhasa |
| 8 | Old Tibetan | ར་ས | — |
via English ist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ist | A practitioner or supporter of an ism |
| 2 | English | -ist | Added to words to form nouns denoting |
| 3 | Old French | -iste | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |