Where does “lay” come from?
lay (Seychellois Creole) comes from French ail, from Old French ail, from Latin allium, from Proto-Indo-European ālu-.
lay (Seychellois Creole): garlic; moth
Ancestry of “lay”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | ail | garlic |
| 2 | Old French | ail | — |
| 3 | Latin | allium | late form of ālium |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ālu- | — |