Where does “laire” come from?

laire (Old French) comes from Old French laiier, from Latin laxāre, from Latin laxō, from Latin laxus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)lēg- — to let go; weak, feeble; loose; dissolute, lewd;...

laire (Old French): to let; to permit; to allow

Definitions

  1. to let; to permit; to allow

Ancestry of “laire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchlaiierto leave
2Latinlaxāre—
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 “laire”

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