Where does “lent” come from?

lent (Old French) comes from Latin lentus, from Proto-Indo-European lentos.

Ancestry of “lent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlentussticky, tenacious; slow, sluggish; flexible,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanlentos

Words derived from “lent

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lentosEvery word from Latin lentus