Where does “leut” come from?
leut (Middle French) comes from Old French leut, from Old Occitan laüt, from Arabic عود, from Arabic عَادَ, from Arabic و, from Persian یا, from Arabic يَا — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.
leut (Middle French): lute, stringed instrument with a wide corpus
Definitions
- lute, stringed instrument with a wide corpus
Ancestry of “leut”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | leut | lute |
| 2 | Old Occitan | laüt | lute |
| 3 | Arabic | عود | wood, timber; stick, rod, pole; branch, twig |
| 4 | Arabic | عَادَ | to return, go back |
| 5 | Arabic | و | and, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or... |
| 6 | Persian | یا | API •; or; either |
| 7 | Arabic | يَا | {{m|en|O|id=vocative}} |
Words derived from “leut”