Where does “deixar” come from?

deixar (Galician) comes from Old Portuguese leixar, from Latin laxāre, from Latin laxō, from Latin laxus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)lēg- — to let go; weak, feeble; loose; dissolute, lewd;...

deixar (Galician): to leave; to abandon; to lend

Definitions

  1. to leave; to abandon; to lend

Ancestry of “deixar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Portugueseleixarto leave
2Latinlaxāre—
3Latinlaxōto extend, expand
4Latinlaxuswide, spacious, roomy; yielding; loose, slack,...
5Proto-Indo-European(s)lēg-to let go; weak, feeble; loose; dissolute, lewd;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)lēg- →Every word from Latin laxus →Every word from Latin laxō →