Where does “lees” come from?

lees (Middle English) comes from Old French lesse, from Latin laxa, from Latin laxo, from Latin laxus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)lēg- — to let go; weak, feeble; loose; dissolute, lewd;...

Ancestry of “lees”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchlesse—
2Latinlaxasecond-person singular present active imperative...
3LatinlaxoI extend, expand; I open, make wide; I undo,...
4Latinlaxuswide, spacious, roomy; yielding; loose, slack,...
5Proto-Indo-European(s)lēg-to let go; weak, feeble; loose; dissolute, lewd;...

Words derived from “lees”

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