Where does “lé” come from?

lé (French) comes from French moine, from Middle French moine, from Old French monie, from Latin monicus — sporadically attested in early Christian inscriptions from Gaul.

lé (French): breadth, width; strip, length

Definitions

  1. breadth, width; strip, length

Ancestry of “lé”, step by step

lé traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via French moine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmoinemonk
2Middle Frenchmoinemonk
3Old Frenchmoniemonk
4Latinmonicussporadically attested in early Christian inscriptions from Gaul

via Middle French le

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchlethe
2Old Frenchléwide; width

via Vietnamese lễ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameselễbribe; offering; festival, festive day, holiday;...
2Proto-Vietick-lɛː—

Words derived from “lé”

Every word from Latin monicus →Every word from Old French monie →Every word from Middle French moine →