Where does “lou” come from?

lou (Haitian Creole) comes from French lourd, from Middle French lourd, from Old French lourt, from Late Latin lurdus, from Latin luridus, from Latin luror, from Proto-Italic *loiros.

lou (Haitian Creole): heavy

Definitions

  1. heavy

Ancestry of “lou”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlourdheavy; clumsy, oafish; annoying, a drag
2Middle Frenchlourdheavy
3Old Frenchlourt
4Late Latinlurdusslow; stupid; slow, heavy; clumsy, stupid
5Latinluriduspale yellow, wan, sallow, lurid; ghastly,...
6Latinlurorpaleness, pallor, lividness
7Proto-Italic*loiros
Every word from Proto-Italic *loiros