− | [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French delaier, from de- + laier to leave, from lai-, [[present]] and [[future]] stem of lesser, laisser to leave, from [[Latin]] laxare to slacken, from laxus loose | + | [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English], from Anglo-French delaier, from de- + laier to leave, from lai-, [[present]] and [[future]] stem of lesser, laisser to leave, from [[Latin]] laxare to slacken, from laxus loose |