English
losh
Losh comes from Scots losh ‘gosh, Lord’, and goes back to English Lord.
- English1500–presentLord
- Scotsc. 1450–presentlosh‘gosh, Lord’
- Englishearliest quotation 1932same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- English1500–presentLord
- Scotsc. 1450–presentlosh‘gosh, Lord’
- Englishearliest quotation 1932same form
Earliest quotation: 1932, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Sunset Song (A Scots Quair): “and then he said Chrissie! Tired? and she said…”
Every English word from English Lord
Today it means
intj Expressing surprise, wonder etc.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / English Lord / losh