Where does “lazyload” come from?
lazyload (English) comes from English lazy, from Middle Low German lasich, from Middle Low German las, from Old Saxon lahs, from Proto-Germanic lahsaz, from Chinese 拉薩, from Tibetan ལྷ་ས, from Old Tibetan ར་ས.
lazyload (English): To load only at the point where it is needed
Definitions
- To load only at the point where it is needed
Ancestry of “lazyload”, step by step
lazyload traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English lazy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lazy | Unwilling to do work or make an effort;... |
| 2 | Middle Low German | lasich | slack, languid, idle; slack, feeble, lazy |
| 3 | Middle Low German | las | patch, scrap; tired, dull; salmon |
| 4 | Old Saxon | lahs | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | lahsaz | salmon |
| 6 | Chinese | 拉薩 | — |
| 7 | Tibetan | ལྷ་ས | Lhasa |
| 8 | Old Tibetan | ར་ས | — |
via English load
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | load | A burden; a weight to be carried; A worry or... |
| 2 | Middle English | lode | guide |
| 3 | Old English | lād | course, journey; way, street, waterway; leading,... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | *laidu | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | laidō | a leading; a way, course, route, direction |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leyt- | to scratch; to leave, die; to go, go forth, die |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lēy- | to leave, let; to want, desire; to let; leave... |