Where does “laz” come from?
laz (Old French) comes from Old French lacier, from Latin laqueo, from Latin laqueus, from Proto-Italic lakw- — to ensnare.
laz (Old French): lace
Ancestry of “laz”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old French | lacier | to lace |
| 2 | Latin | laqueo | dative singular of laqueus; ablative singular of... |
| 3 | Latin | laqueus | noose; snare, gin, trap |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | lakw- | to ensnare |