Where does “lalit” come from?

lalit (Haitian Creole) comes from French lutte, from Late Latin lucta, from Latin luctor, from Proto-Indo-European lewǵ- — to break, tear; to break, shatter.

Ancestry of “lalit”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchluttestruggle, fight, battle; wrestling; first-person...
2Late Latinlucta
3LatinluctorI struggle, wrestle, fight
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlewǵ-to break, tear; to break, shatter
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewǵ-Every word from Latin luctorEvery word from Late Latin lucta
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