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Where does “llacio” come from?

llacio (Welsh) comes from Welsh llac, from English slack, from Middle English slak, from Old English slæc, from Proto-Germanic slakaz, from Proto-Indo-European (s)leh₁g- — weak, feeble; weak, faint.

llacio (Welsh): to slacken, to make slack; to slacken, to become...

Definitions

  1. to slacken, to make slack; to slacken, to become...

Ancestry of “llacio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Welshllacslack, loose, lax
2EnglishslackThe part of anything that hangs loose, having no...
3Middle Englishslak—
4Old Englishslæclazy
5Proto-Germanicslakazslack, lax
6Proto-Indo-European(s)leh₁g-weak, feeble; weak, faint
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