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Where does “loris” come from?

loris (French) comes from Dutch loeris, from Dutch loer, from French lourd, from Middle French lourd, from Old French lourt, from Late Latin lurdus, from Latin luridus, from Latin luror.

Ancestry of “loris”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchloerisfool, dumbass, tool, ne'er-do-well
2Dutchloerlure
3Frenchlourdheavy; clumsy, oafish; annoying, a drag
4Middle Frenchlourdheavy
5Old Frenchlourt—
6Late Latinlurdusslow; stupid; slow, heavy; clumsy, stupid
7Latinluriduspale yellow, wan, sallow, lurid; ghastly,...
8Latinlurorpaleness, pallor, lividness
9Proto-Italic*loiros—

Words derived from “loris”

  • loris
  • Lorisiformes
  • Loris
  • Lorisidae
  • Lorinae
  • lori
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