Where does “lose” come from?

lose (Old French) comes from Vulgar Latin lausa, from Gaulish lausā, from Proto-Celtic lausā — stone.

lose (Old French): flag-stone

Definitions

  1. flag-stone

Ancestry of “lose”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinlausaflagstone, slab
2Gaulishlausā—
3Proto-Celticlausāstone
Every word from Proto-Celtic lausā →Every word from Gaulish lausā →Every word from Vulgar Latin lausa →