Where does “lan” come from?

lan (Haitian Creole) comes from French lent, from Italian lento, from Spanish lento, from Galician -ura, from Latin -ura, from Latin -tūra — ing, -ure, -work.

lan (Haitian Creole): the

Definitions

Ancestry of “lan”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	lent	slow
2	Italian	lento	slow
3	Spanish	lento	slow
4	Galician	-ura	-ness
5	Latin	-ura	Suffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives
6	Latin	-tūra	ing, -ure, -work

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