Where does “leesshe” come from?
leesshe (Middle English) comes from Middle English lees, 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 “leesshe”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | lees | — |
| 2 | Old French | lesse | — |
| 3 | Latin | laxa | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 4 | Latin | laxo | I extend, expand; I open, make wide; I undo,... |
| 5 | Latin | laxus | wide, spacious, roomy; yielding; loose, slack,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)lēg- | to let go; weak, feeble; loose; dissolute, lewd;... |