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Where does “lausa” come from?

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

lausa (Vulgar Latin): flagstone, slab

Definitions

  1. flagstone, slab

Ancestry of “lausa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Gaulishlausā—
2Proto-Celticlausāstone

Words derived from “lausa”

  • lozenge
  • losenger
  • lozengelike
  • losange
  • losanga
  • losange
  • losangique
  • lose
  • losengeor
  • losengier
  • losenge
  • lozanj
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