Where does “lourd” come from?

lourd (French) comes from Middle French lourd, from Old French lourt, from Late Latin lurdus, from Latin luridus, from Latin luror, from Proto-Italic *loiros.

lourd (French): heavy; clumsy, oafish; annoying, a drag

Definitions

  1. heavy; clumsy, oafish; annoying, a drag

Ancestry of “lourd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchlourdheavy
2Old Frenchlourt—
3Late Latinlurdusslow; stupid; slow, heavy; clumsy, stupid
4Latinluriduspale yellow, wan, sallow, lurid; ghastly,...
5Latinlurorpaleness, pallor, lividness
6Proto-Italic*loiros—

Words derived from “lourd”

Every word from Proto-Italic *loiros →Every word from Latin luror →Every word from Latin luridus →