Etymology

lozenge

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Today it means: A thin rhombus, having two acute and two obtuse angles. Full definition →

Middle English losenge ← Old French losenge
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  1. Old French · derived fromlosenge“rhombus”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromlosenge
  3. English todaylozenge

From Middle English losenge, from Old French losenge (“rhombus”), of uncertain origin.

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchlosenge all →

losenger

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.