leash

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Frequenz

C1
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/liːʃ/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

From Middle English leesshe, leysche, lesshe, a variant of more original lease, from Middle English lees, leese, leece, lese, from Old French lesse (modern French laisse), either from Latin laxa, feminine form of laxus (“loose”) or, more probably, from a deverbal of Old French lesser, laissier, from Latin laxāre (“loose”); compare lax. Doublet of laisse.

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