Middle French

Alternative forms

• lairre

Verb

laire

1. to let; to permit; to allow
2. to leave alone

Synonyms

• (permit): laisser
• (leave alone): laisser

Old French

Etymology

First attested 881 in the Sequence of Saint Eulalia. From Latin laxō.

Verb

laire

1. to let; to permit; to allow

Synonyms

• laissier
• permetre

References

• (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (laire)