Where does “lieu” come from?

Lieu comes from French lieu, from Latin locum (accusative of locus, meaning "place"), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European stel-, meaning "to place" or "to stand."

lieu (English): place, stead; See in lieu or in lieu of

Definitions

place, stead; See in lieu or in lieu of

Ancestry of “lieu”, step by step

lieu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French lieu

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Middle French	lieu	place
2	Old French	leu	wolf; place
3	Latin	locus	place, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
4	Old Latin	stlocus	—
5	Proto-Italic	stlokos	—
6	Proto-Indo-European	stel-	to put, to place; to locate

via Vietnamese Liễu

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Vietnamese	Liễu	—
2	Middle Chinese	柳	—

Every word from Proto-Indo-European stel- →Every word from Proto-Italic stlokos →Every word from Old Latin stlocus →