Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe sediment that settles during fermentation of beverages, consisting of dead yeast and precipitated parts of the fruit.
From Old French lies, from Medieval Latin lias (“lees, dregs”) (descent via winemaking common in monasteries), from Gaulish *ligyā, *legyā (“silt, sediment”) (compare Welsh llai, Old Breton leh (“deposit, silt”)), from Proto-Celtic *legyā (“layer”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie (down)”). Doublet of lias; also related to Loire and Leicester.
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