Where does “losengen” come from?

losengen (Middle English) comes from Old French losengier, from Old French -ier, from Latin -ārius, from Proto-Italic *-āzios — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).

losengen (Middle English): to flatter

Definitions

  1. to flatter

Ancestry of “losengen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchlosengierto flatter; especially in order to trick or...
2Old French-iersuffix used to form infinitives of first...
3Latin-āriuser
4Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Italic *-āzios →Every word from Latin -ārius →Every word from Old French -ier →