Where does “leur” come from?
leur (Middle French) comes from Old French lor, from Latin laurus, from English -aceous, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
leur (Middle French): them
Ancestry of “leur”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old French | lor | to them; their |
| 2 | Latin | laurus | laurel tree; laurels; a crown of laurel |
| 3 | English | -aceous | Of, relating to, resembling or containing the... |
| 4 | Latin | -āceus | — |
| 5 | Latin | -āx | — |
| 6 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |