Etymology Explorer › Middle English

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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishlees—
2Old Frenchlesse—
3Latinlaxasecond-person singular present active imperative...
4LatinlaxoI extend, expand; I open, make wide; I undo,...
5Latinlaxuswide, spacious, roomy; yielding; loose, slack,...
6Proto-Indo-European(s)lēg-to let go; weak, feeble; loose; dissolute, lewd;...

Words derived from “leesshe”

  • leash
  • unleash
  • leashless
  • leashlike
  • unleashable
  • unleasher
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)lēg- →