Where does “lag” come from?

lag (German) comes from English LAG — Loose and aggressive.

lag (German): first/third-person singular preterite of liegen

Definitions

  1. first/third-person singular preterite of liegen

Ancestry of “lag”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishLAGLoose and aggressive
Every word from English LAG
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