Etymology Explorer
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Where does “lasso” come from?
lasso (Old Portuguese) comes from Latin lassus, from Proto-Indo-European led- — slow; weary.
Ancestry of “lasso”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
lassus
weary, faint, tired; exhausted, used up
2
Proto-Indo-European
led-
slow; weary
Words derived from “lasso”
lasso
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