Where does “lozenge” come from?

Lozenge comes from Old French losenge, from Frankish lausinga, from Vulgar Latin lausa, from Gaulish lausā, from Proto-Celtic lausā.

lozenge (English): A thin rhombus, having two acute and two obtuse angles

Definitions

  1. A thin rhombus, having two acute and two obtuse angles

Ancestry of “lozenge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchlosengeflattery; especially in order to trick or...
2Frankish*lausungu
3Proto-Germanic*lausungōreleasing, liberation; removal

Words derived from “lozenge

Every word from Proto-Germanic *lausungō