Where does “lacer” come from?

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

Ancestry of “lacer”, step by step

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

Words derived from “lacer”

Every word from Proto-Italic lakw- →Every word from Latin laqueus →Every word from Latin laqueo →