Where does “las” come from?

las (Middle English) comes from Old French laz, from Old French lacier, from Latin laqueo, from Latin laqueus, from Proto-Italic lakw- — to ensnare.

las (Middle English): lace

Definitions

  1. lace

Ancestry of “las”, step by step

las traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French laz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchlazlace
2Old Frenchlacierto lace
3Latinlaqueodative singular of laqueus; ablative singular of...
4Latinlaqueusnoose; snare, gin, trap
5Proto-Italiclakw-to ensnare

via Old Norse lǫskr

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norselǫskrweak, feeble; weak, idle
2Proto-Germaniclaskwazsluggish, dull, lazy, idle; limp, lax, feeble
3Proto-Indo-Europeanlēyd-to leave, let; to let, leave; to let, subside

via Old French las

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchlasalas
2Latinlassusweary, faint, tired; exhausted, used up
3Proto-Indo-Europeanled-slow; weary

Words derived from “las”

Every word from Proto-Italic lakw- →