Where does “Lost” come from?

Lost (German) comes from English Lost, from Middle English lost, from Old English losod.

Lost (German): mustard gas

Definitions

  1. mustard gas

Ancestry of “Lost”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishLostHaving wandered from, or unable to find, the way
2Middle Englishlost—
3Old Englishlosod—
Every word from Old English losod →Every word from Middle English lost →Every word from English Lost →