The story
- Latin · derived fromlicium“thread, loop”
- French · derived fromlisse
- English todaylesene
Words from the same roots
Frenchlisse all →
lisse
Latinlicium all →
lisse
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
lesene
Today it means: A low-relief, vertical pillar or pilaster in a wall, usually without a base or capital; used in architecture to divide a facade or other wall surface visually. Full definition →
French lisse ← Latin licium