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

Definitions

  1. laxness

Ancestry of “lachesse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchlaschierto release; to let go of
2Latinlaxico—
3Latinlaxōto extend, expand
4Latinlaxuswide, spacious, roomy; yielding; loose, slack,...
5Proto-Indo-European(s)lēg-to let go; weak, feeble; loose; dissolute, lewd;...

Words derived from “lachesse”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)lēg- →Every word from Latin laxus →Every word from Latin laxō →
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