Where does “laze” come from?

laze (English) comes from English lava, from Italian lava, from Neapolitan lava, from Latin lābēs, from Latin lābor, from Old Latin labos, from Romanian labă, from Hungarian láb — fox.

laze (English): To be lazy, waste time; To pass time relaxing; to...

Definitions

  1. To be lazy, waste time; To pass time relaxing; to...

Ancestry of “laze”, step by step

laze traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via English lava

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlavaThe molten rock ejected by a volcano from its...
2Italianlavathird-person singular present indicative of...
3Neapolitanlavaa torrent of rain which washed the streets
4Latinlābēsfall, collapse
5Latinlāborwork
6Old Latinlabos—
7Romanianlabăpalm; paw
8Hungarianlábleg; foot; support, stand
9Proto-Uralicluwebone
10Proto-Iranian*Hrawpācáhfox
11Proto-Indo-Iranian*Hrawpāćásfox

via English lazy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlazyUnwilling to do work or make an effort;...
2Middle Low Germanlasichslack, languid, idle; slack, feeble, lazy
3Middle Low Germanlaspatch, scrap; tired, dull; salmon
4Old Saxonlahs—
5Proto-Germaniclahsazsalmon
6Chinese拉薩—
7Tibetanལྷ་སLhasa
8Old Tibetanར་ས—

via English haze

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishhazeVery fine solid particles (smoke, dust) or liquid droplets (moisture) suspended in the air, slightly limiting visibility. Compare
2EnglishhazyThick or obscured with haze; Not clear or...
3Englishhawsey—

Words derived from “laze”

Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrawpāćás →Every word from Proto-Iranian *Hrawpācáh →Every word from Proto-Uralic luwe →