A compound of lace + wood
Proto-Italic *lakʷ- ‘to ensnare’
Latin laqueus ‘noose’
Vulgar Latin *laceum
Old French las ‘alas’
Middle English lace
English lace
Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- ‘to separate’
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Proto-West Germanic *widu ‘forest’
Old English widu
Old English wudu ‘wood’
Middle English wode ‘wood’
English wood
Today it means
noun Any of several types of wood with a coarse texture, but especially that from several varieties of sycamore.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / lacewood
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