Where does “lassà” come from?

lassà (Neapolitan) comes from Latin laxare, from Latin laxo, from Latin laxus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)lēg- — to let go; weak, feeble; loose; dissolute, lewd;...

lassà (Neapolitan): to leave, let

Definitions

  1. to leave, let

Ancestry of “lassà”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlaxarepresent active infinitive of laxō; second-person...
2LatinlaxoI extend, expand; I open, make wide; I undo,...
3Latinlaxuswide, spacious, roomy; yielding; loose, slack,...
4Proto-Indo-European(s)lēg-to let go; weak, feeble; loose; dissolute, lewd;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)lēg- →Every word from Latin laxus →Every word from Latin laxo →