Etymology

lauwine

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Today it means: An avalanche. Full definition →

German Lawine ← Late Latin lābīna ← Latin lābēs
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  1. Latin · derived fromlābēs“fall”
  2. Late Latin · derived fromlābīna
  3. German · borrowed fromLawine
  4. English todaylauwine

Borrowed by Lord Byron from German Lawine, from Late Latin lābīna, from Latin lābēs (“fall”).

Words from the same roots

Late Latinlābīna all →

avalanche

Latinlābēs all →

avalanchelava

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.