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

  1. 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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchlieuplace
2Old Frenchleuwolf; place
3Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
4Old Latinstlocus
5Proto-Italicstlokos
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate

via Vietnamese Liễu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1VietnameseLiễu
2Middle Chinese
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stel-