Etymograph

English

laud

Laud comes from Latin laus ‘praise, glory, fame, renown’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElaus‘praise, glory, fame, renown’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElaudō
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400lauder
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500lauden
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1526laud

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElaus‘praise, glory, fame, renown’
  2. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CElaudō
  3. Old Frenchc. 842–1400lauder
  4. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500lauden
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1526laud

Earliest quotation: 1526, [William Tyndale, The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible): “And hys mought was opened immediatly / and hys…”

Linked words

through Latin laus ‘praise, glory, fame, renown’

loos, 8 more

Today it means

noun Glorification or praise.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin laus / laud

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