Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To fasten or secure with a leash. · to curb, restrain
A strap, cord or rope with which to restrain an animal, often a dog. · A brace and a half; a tierce. · A set of three animals (especially greyhounds, foxes, deer/bucks, and hares). · A group of three.
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.
Relationships mentioned by the source
These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
This page abbreviates 3 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
Inspect preserved source fields
Raw extraction fields are retained for auditing. Their order does not establish ancestry.
{
"templates": [
{
"name": "inh",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "leesshe"
},
"expansion": "Middle English leesshe"
},
{
"name": "der",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "lees"
},
"expansion": "Middle English lees"
},
{
"name": "der",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "lesse"
},
"expansion": "Old French lesse"
},
{
"name": "cog",
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "laisse"
},
"expansion": "French laisse"
},
{
"name": "der",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "laxa"
},
"expansion": "Latin laxa"
},
{
"name": "der",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "lesser"
},
"expansion": "Old French lesser"
},
{
"name": "der",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "laxō",
"4": "laxāre",
"t": "loose"
},
"expansion": "Latin laxāre (“loose”)"
},
{
"name": "doublet",
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "laisse"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of laisse"
}
],
"links": [
[
"leesshe",
"leesshe#Middle_English"
],
[
"leysche",
"leysche#Middle_English"
],
[
"lesshe",
"lesshe#Middle_English"
],
[
"lease",
"lease#English"
],
[
"lees",
"lees#Middle_English"
],
[
"leese",
"leese#Middle_English"
],
[
"leece",
"leece#Middle_English"
],
[
"lese",
"lese#Middle_English"
],
[
"lesse",
"lesse#Old_French"
],
[
"laisse",
"laisse#French"
],
[
"laxa",
"laxa#Latin"
],
[
"laxus",
"laxus#Latin"
],
[
"lesser",
"lesser#Old_French"
],
[
"laissier",
"laissier#Old_French"
],
[
"laxāre",
"laxo#Latin"
],
[
"lax",
"lax#English"
],
[
"laisse",
"laisse#English"
]
],
"references": [],
"descendants": [],
"lexical": [
{
"pos": "verb",
"glosses": [
"To fasten or secure with a leash.",
"to curb, restrain"
],
"tags": [
"figuratively"
],
"recordId": "386ba2240f0f3f25346e2eae62fb76d556ffa639ddb131334bba402989c87f4c",
"rawRecordSha256": "56c743095a4808f416a8154d0b455be130c66603379fb6de6db4737c9f15ec7e",
"sourceRecordOrdinal": 237909
},
{
"pos": "noun",
"glosses": [
"A strap, cord or rope with which to restrain an animal, often a dog.",
"A brace and a half; a tierce.",
"A set of three animals (especially greyhounds, foxes, deer/bucks, and hares).",
"A group of three."
],
"tags": [
"obsolete",
"collective"
],
"recordId": "3b4ba1a96b1552134ee6be735d37cb87e93cd0d603736d0d2750e2d208fd3d31",
"rawRecordSha256": "5f2f264cc24bfa396c1fc7c5a8965573d629f0fc6761df66df40783a622acdd7",
"sourceRecordOrdinal": 237908
}
],
"omittedAuxiliaryFields": {
"templates": 0,
"links": 0,
"references": 0,
"descendants": 0,
"lexicalRecords": 0,
"lexicalSenses": 3,
"glosses": 0
}
}