Where does “lourd” come from?
lourd (Middle French) comes from Old French lourt, from Late Latin lurdus, from Latin luridus, from Latin luror, from Proto-Italic *loiros.
lourd (Middle French): heavy
Ancestry of “lourd”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | lourt | — |
| 2 | Late Latin | lurdus | slow; stupid; slow, heavy; clumsy, stupid |
| 3 | Latin | luridus | pale yellow, wan, sallow, lurid; ghastly,... |
| 4 | Latin | luror | paleness, pallor, lividness |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *loiros | — |
Words derived from “lourd”