The story
- Latin · derived fromlaus“praise, glory, fame, renown”
- Old French · derived fromlos
- Middle English · inherited fromloos
- English todayloos
From Middle English loos, lōs (“reputation, renown, fame, infamy, rumor, news”), from Old French los, from Latin laus (“praise, glory, fame, renown”). Doublet of laud.
Words from the same roots
Middle Englishloos all →
loose
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.