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

Definitions

  1. heavy

Ancestry of “lourd”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchlourt
2Late Latinlurdusslow; stupid; slow, heavy; clumsy, stupid
3Latinluriduspale yellow, wan, sallow, lurid; ghastly,...
4Latinlurorpaleness, pallor, lividness
5Proto-Italic*loiros

Words derived from “lourd

Every word from Proto-Italic *loirosEvery word from Latin lurorEvery word from Latin luridus