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Where does “laido” come from?

laido (Galician) comes from Galician laiar, from Galician lais, from Old French lai, from Latin lacus, from New Latin lacrimalis, from Latin lācrima, from Old Latin dacrima, from Proto-Italic *d(r)(k)akrunā — eye bitter.

laido (Galician): very ugly

Definitions

  1. very ugly

Ancestry of “laido”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Galicianlaiarto wail; to groan; to complain
2Galicianlaissong
3Old Frenchlailai; ugly
4Latinlacusa lake, pond, basin; reservoir; a tank, tub, vat,...
5New Latinlacrimalis—
6Latinlācrima—
7Old Latindacrimatear
8Proto-Italic*d(r)(k)akrunā—
9Proto-Indo-Europeandáḱru-tears; tear
10Proto-Indo-Europeandr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru-eye bitter
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru- →