Where does “lit” come from?

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

lit (Haitian Creole): fight, struggle

Definitions

  1. fight, struggle

Ancestry of “lit”, 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 luctor →Every word from Late Latin lucta →