Lose
/luːz/noun
To fail to keep or to maintain; to cease to have.
Did you know?The Old English word 'losian' meant 'to be lost, to perish', reflecting a deep connection to ruin and devastation.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*leu̯s-
“to lose, to let go, to loosen.”
Old English
Old English
losian
“to be lost, to perish.”
Middle English
Middle English
losen
“to lose, to suffer loss.”
Modern English
English
lose
“to be deprived of or to fail to keep.”