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Where does “leut” come from?

leut (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Italian liuto, from Middle French lut, from Old French leüt, from Occitan laüt, from Old Occitan laüt, from Arabic عود, from Arabic عَادَ, from Arabic و — {{m|en|O|id=vocative}}.

leut (Serbo-Croatian): lute

Definitions

  1. lute

Ancestry of “leut”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianliutolute
2Middle Frenchlut—
3Old Frenchleüt—
4Occitanlaütlute
5Old Occitanlaütlute
6Arabicعودwood, timber; stick, rod, pole; branch, twig
7Arabicعَادَto return, go back
8Arabicوand, "comma", "semi-colon"; a divider of words or...
9PersianیاAPI •; or; either
10Arabicيَا{{m|en|O|id=vocative}}
Every word from Arabic يَا →