The story
- Frankish · derived from*lausungu“deception, flattery”
- Old French · derived fromlosenge“flattery”
- Old French · derived fromlosengier
- Middle English · inherited fromlosengeour
- English todaylosenger
From Middle English losengeour, losenger, from Old French losengier, losengeor (“flatterer”), from Old French losengier (“to deceive, flatter”), from Old French losenge (“flattery”), from Frankish *lausungu (“deception, flattery”). Doublet of leasing ("lying, falsehood").
Words from the same roots
Old Frenchlosenge all →
lozenge
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.