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Where does “lordare” come from?

lordare (Italian) comes from Italian lordo, from Latin luridus, from Latin luror, from Proto-Italic *loiros.

lordare (Italian): to dirty, soil; to besmirch

Definitions

  1. to dirty, soil; to besmirch

Ancestry of “lordare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianlordodirty, filthy; gross; first-person singular...
2Latinluriduspale yellow, wan, sallow, lurid; ghastly,...
3Latinlurorpaleness, pallor, lividness
4Proto-Italic*loiros—
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