Where does “lāpsus” come from?

lāpsus (Latin) comes from Latin lābor, from Old Latin labos, from Romanian labă, from Hungarian láb, from Proto-Uralic luwe, from Proto-Iranian *Hrawpācáh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrawpāćás — fox.

lāpsus (Latin): gliding, sliding, slipping, falling

Definitions

  1. gliding, sliding, slipping, falling

Ancestry of “lāpsus”, step by step

lāpsus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin lābor

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlāborwork
2Old Latinlabos—
3Romanianlabăpalm; paw
4Hungarianlábleg; foot; support, stand
5Proto-Uralicluwebone
6Proto-Iranian*Hrawpācáhfox
7Proto-Indo-Iranian*Hrawpāćásfox

via Latin digitorum

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latindigitorumgenitive plural of digitus; of fingers
2Latindigitusa finger, toe, digit; a twig
3Proto-Indo-Europeandeyḱ-to point out

Words derived from “lāpsus”

Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrawpāćás →Every word from Proto-Iranian *Hrawpācáh →Every word from Proto-Uralic luwe →