Where does “lise” come from?
lise (Italian) comes from Italian liso, from Latin ēlīsus, from Latin elido, from Latin ēx-, from Proto-Indo-European eǵ-.
lise (Italian): feminine plural of liso
Ancestry of “lise”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | liso | worn , threadbare, ragged, tattered; first-person... |
| 2 | Latin | ēlīsus | — |
| 3 | Latin | elido | I knock, dash or strike out; I tear, force or... |
| 4 | Latin | ēx- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | eǵ- | — |