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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 |