Where does “lodge” come from?
Lodge comes from Middle English logge, from Old French loge, from Frankish laubja, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European lewbʰ-.
lodge (English): A building for recreational use such as a hunting...
Definitions
- A building for recreational use such as a hunting...
Ancestry of “lodge”, step by step
lodge traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French loger
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | loger | To lodge, to stay, to be lodging; To find a... |
| 2 | Middle French | logier | to lodge |
| 3 | Old French | logier | to lodge (stay non-permanently) |
| 4 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 5 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Middle English logge
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | logge | large long stick, staff, pole, log |