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Where does “lanier” come from?

lanier (Middle French) comes from Latin lānārius, from Latin lāna, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -nós — Creates verbal adjectives from roots.

lanier (Middle French): cowardly

Definitions

  1. cowardly

Ancestry of “lanier”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlānārius—
2Latinlāna—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂wool
4Proto-Indo-European-nósCreates verbal adjectives from roots

Words derived from “lanier”

  • lanner
  • lanneret
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -nós →