Where does “lacega” come from?
lacega (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto laca, 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.
lacega (Esperanto): exhausted
Ancestry of “lacega”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | laca | tired, weary |
| 2 | French | las | weary, tired; alas |
| 3 | French | hélas | alas; exclamatory or declarative conjunction... |
| 4 | Old French | elas | — |
| 5 | Old French | las | alas |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | laceum | — |
| 7 | Latin | laqueus | noose; snare, gin, trap |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | lakw- | to ensnare |