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Where does “lis” come from?

lis (Occitan) comes from French lisse, from Latin licium — loop in the texture woven, through which the...

Ancestry of “lis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlissesmooth; first-person singular present indicative...
2Latinliciumloop in the texture woven, through which the...

Words derived from “lis”

  • lesene
  • liscio
  • lisciamente
  • lisser
  • lisse
  • lissage
  • lis
  • liso
  • lisciu
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