Where does “laire” come from?
laire (Middle French) comes from Old French laire, from Old French laiier, from Latin laxāre, from Latin laxō, from Latin laxus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)lēg- — to let go; weak, feeble; loose; dissolute, lewd;...
laire (Middle French): to let; to permit; to allow; to leave alone
Definitions
- to let; to permit; to allow; to leave alone
Ancestry of “laire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | laire | to let; to permit; to allow |
| 2 | Old French | laiier | to leave |
| 3 | Latin | laxāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | laxō | — |
| 5 | Latin | laxus | wide, spacious, roomy; yielding; loose, slack,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)lēg- | to let go; weak, feeble; loose; dissolute, lewd;... |