Borrowed fromOld Frenchlait, leit(“unpleasant, horrible, odious”), ofGermanic origin, fromProto-Germanic*laiþaz(“sorrowful, unpleasant”), fromProto-Indo-European*leyt-(“unpleasant”). More atEnglishloath.
laido (femininelaida,masculine plurallaidos,feminine plurallaidas)
- veryugly
1370, Ramón Lorenzo, editor,Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page398:Mays era tãlaydo et tã desaposto que esto sería hũa grã marauilla de cõtar, ca el nõ andaua uestido, mays todo era cabeludo cõmo besta- But he was sougly and unhandsome that this would be a marvellous story, because he didn't wear clothes, but he was totally furred as a beast
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane,María Álvarez de la Granja,Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “laido”, inDicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “layd”, inCorpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “laido”, inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández,Ernesto Xosé González Seoane,María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “laido”, inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “laido”, inTesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega,→ISSN
Borrowed fromOld Frenchlait, leit(“unpleasant, horrible, odious”), ofGermanic origin, from LowFrankish*laiþ(“unpleasant, obstinate, odious”) fromProto-Germanic*laiþaz(“sorrowful, unpleasant”), fromProto-Indo-European*leyt-(“unpleasant”). Akin toOld High Germanleid(“unpleasant, odious”) (Germanleid(“unfortunate”),Leid(“grief”)),Old Norseleiþr(“odious”),Old Englishlāþ(“unpleasant, odious”). More atEnglishloath.
laido (femininelaida,masculine plurallaidi,feminine plurallaide)
- filthy,foul
- obscene
FromMiddle Frenchlaid(“hideous, ugly”), fromOld Frenchlaid, leid(“unpleasant, horrible, odious”), fromVulgar Latin*laitus(“unpleasant, ugly”), fromFrankish*laiþ(“unpleasant, obstinate, odious”), fromProto-Germanic*laiþaz(“sorrowful, unpleasant”), fromProto-Indo-European*leyt-(“unpleasant”). Akin toOld High Germanleid(“unpleasant, odious”) (Germanleid(“unfortunate”),Leid(“grief”)),Old Norseleiþr(“odious”),Old Englishlāþ(“unpleasant, odious”). More atloath.
- IPA(key): /ˈlaido/[ˈlai̯.ð̞o]
- Rhymes:-aido
- Syllabification:lai‧do
laido (femininelaida,masculine plurallaidos,feminine plurallaidas)
- (archaic)ugly
- (archaic)ignominious
- (archaic)sad,downcast
