Lieu
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lieu¹
- /ljuː/
- /luː/
Sounds like lew, Liu, lue, loo, Lou, lu (yod-dropping) · Rhymes with -uː
Where it comes from
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *stel-der.
Proto-Italic *stlokos?
Old Latin stlocus
Latin locus
Old French leu
Middle French lieubor.
English lieu
Borrowed from Middle French lieu, from Old French leu, from Latin locum, accusative of locus (“place”). Doublet of locus. Attested earlier and in Middle English only as part of the partially calqued phrase in lieu of.
noun
- A place or stead.
Lieu²
Where it comes from
As a Vietnamese surname, from liễu (“willow tree”).
proper noun Lieus
- A surname.
