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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”

  • lurdane
  • lurdan
  • lourdin
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