Etymology

lasso

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Today it means: A long rope with a sliding loop on one end, generally used in ranching to catch cattle and horses. Full definition →

Spanish lazo ← Vulgar Latin *laceum ← Latin laqueus
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  1. Latin · derived fromlaqueus
  2. Vulgar Latin · derived from*laceum
  3. Spanish · borrowed fromlazo
  4. English todaylasso

From Spanish lazo, from Vulgar Latin *laceum, from Latin laqueus. Doublet of lace.

Words from the same roots

Vulgar Latin*laceum all →

lace

Latinlaqueus all →

lacelaqueus

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.