Where does “laca” come from?

laca (Esperanto) comes from French las, from French hélas, from Old French elas, from Old French las, from Vulgar Latin laceum, from Latin laqueus, from Proto-Italic lakw- — to ensnare.

laca (Esperanto): tired, weary

Definitions

  1. tired, weary

Ancestry of “laca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlasweary, tired; alas
2Frenchhélasalas; exclamatory or declarative conjunction...
3Old Frenchelas—
4Old Frenchlasalas
5Vulgar Latinlaceum—
6Latinlaqueusnoose; snare, gin, trap
7Proto-Italiclakw-to ensnare

Words derived from “laca”

Every word from Proto-Italic lakw- →Every word from Latin laqueus →Every word from Vulgar Latin laceum →