Where does “lite” come from?

lite (Haitian Creole) comes from French lutter, from Old French luiter, from Old French luitier, from Latin luctor, from Proto-Indo-European lewǵ- — to break, tear; to break, shatter.

lite (Haitian Creole): to fight, to struggle

Definitions

  1. to fight, to struggle

Ancestry of “lite”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlutterto struggle, to fight; to wrestle
2Old Frenchluiter—
3Old Frenchluitierto fight
4LatinluctorI struggle, wrestle, fight
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlewǵ-to break, tear; to break, shatter
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewǵ- →Every word from Latin luctor →Every word from Old French luitier →
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