lax

lax · noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*laḱs-“salmon, trout”
2. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*lahsaz“salmon”
3. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*lahs“salmon”
4. Old English · inherited fromleax“salmon”
5. Middle English · inherited fromlax
6. English todaylax

From Middle English lax, from Old English leax (“salmon”), from Proto-West Germanic *lahs (“salmon”), from Proto-Germanic *lahsaz (“salmon”), from Proto-Indo-European *laḱs- (“salmon, trout”). Cognate with Middle Dutch lacks, lachs, lasche (“salmon”), Middle Low German las (“salmon”), German Lachs (“salmon”), Norwegian laks (“salmon”), Danish laks (“salmon”), Swedish lax (“salmon”), Icelandic lax (“salmon”), Lithuanian lašišà (“salmon”), Latvian lasis, Russian лосо́сь (losósʹ, “salmon”), Albanian leshterik (“eel-grass”). Doublet of lox.

lax · adjective²

1. Latin · borrowed fromlaxus“wide, roomy, loose”
2. English todaylax

Borrowed from Latin laxus (“wide, roomy, loose”).

lax · noun³

By replacement of the syllable crosse with the cross-shaped letter x.

LAX · proper noun⁴

From the IATA airport code.

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