The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromλαός
- Latin · derived fromlāicus“common people”
- French · derived fromlaïque
- English todaylaic
From French laïque, from Latin lāicus (“common people”), from Ancient Greek λαός (laós). Doublet of lay.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekλαός all →
laitylaocracy
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.