Etymology of the French word lit
the French word
litderived from the Latin word
lectus (bed, couch, lounge; chosen, picked, selected men)
derived from the Latin word
legere (read; gather, collect)
derived from the Greek word
legein, λέγω (to speak)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leg- (to collect, to speak)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*legh- (to lie, to lay)
Date
The earliest known usage of lit in French dates from the 11th century.
Derivations in French
aliter,
litée,
literie,
litière,
wagon-lit,
litage,
liteau,
liter,
chauffe-lit,
couvre-lit,
chienlit,
déliter,
saut-de-litCognates
Catalan
llit, Italian
letto, Portuguese
leito, Provençal
leit, Spanish
lecho
