Where does “lees” come from?
Lees comes from Old French lies, from Medieval Latin lias, from Gaulish ligyā, from Proto-Celtic legyā, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ-.
lees (English): API pl; The sediment that settles during...
Definitions
- API pl; The sediment that settles during...
Ancestry of “lees”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | lies | oblique plural of lie; nominative plural of lie |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | lias | lees, dregs; second-person singular present... |
| 3 | Gaulish | ligyā | — |
| 4 | Proto-Celtic | legyā | layer |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | legʰ- | to lie |
Words derived from “lees”