adjective/laʃ/
loose, slack; cowardly, low; lazy
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)leg-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)leg-s-ós
Latin laxus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
Proto-Italic *-ājō
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin laxō
Vulgar Latin *laxicāre
Vulgar Latin *lassicāre
Old French laschier
Middle French lascher
French lâcher
French lâche
From the verb lâcher.
noun, masculine/feminine/laʃ/plural: lâches
coward
Related: lâchement
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *(s)leg-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)leg-s-ós
Latin laxus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
Proto-Italic *-ājō
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin laxō
Vulgar Latin *laxicāre
Vulgar Latin *lassicāre
Old French laschier
Middle French lascher
French lâcher
French lâche
From the verb lâcher.