Where does “leut” come from?
leut (Old French) comes from Occitan laüt, from Old Occitan laüt, from Arabic عود, from Arabic عَادَ, from Arabic و, from Persian یا, from Arabic يَا — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.
Ancestry of “leut”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Occitan | laüt | lute |
| 2 | Old Occitan | laüt | lute |
| 3 | Arabic | عود | wood, timber; stick, rod, pole; branch, twig |
| 4 | Arabic | عَادَ | to return, go back |
| 5 | Arabic | و | and, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or... |
| 6 | Persian | یا | API •; or; either |
| 7 | Arabic | يَا | {{m|en|O|id=vocative}} |