Where does “lachesse” come from?
lachesse (Old French) comes from Old French laschier, from Latin laxico, from Latin laxō, from Latin laxus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)lēg- — to let go; weak, feeble; loose; dissolute, lewd;...
lachesse (Old French): laxness
Ancestry of “lachesse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | laschier | to release; to let go of |
| 2 | Latin | laxico | — |
| 3 | Latin | laxō | — |
| 4 | Latin | laxus | wide, spacious, roomy; yielding; loose, slack,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)lēg- | to let go; weak, feeble; loose; dissolute, lewd;... |
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