lack
English
/lak/, /læk/
noun
Definitions
- (obsolete) A defect or failing; moral or spiritual degeneracy.
- A deficiency or need (of something desirable or necessary); an absence, want.
Etymology
Derived from Middle Low German lak (loose) derived from Middle Dutch lac (deficiency) derived from Proto-Germanic *laka- derived from Proto-Indo-European *lok-néh₂-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*lok-néh₂-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Latin English
- ah English
- alack English
- all English
- brain English
- grace English
- lack-all English
- lack-grace English
- lack-latin English
- lack-laughter English
- lack-learning English
- lack-life English
- lack-linen English
- lack-looks English
- lack-love English
- lack-mind English
- lack-pity English
- lackbrain English
- lacker English
- lackest English
- lacketh English
- lackland English
- lackless English
- lacklessness English
- lackluster English
- lacklusterly English
- lacklusterness English
- lacklustre English
- lacklustrely English
- lacklustreness English
- lackstock English
- lackwit English
- land English
- laughter English
- learning English
- life English
- linen English
- looks English
- love English
- luster English
- lustre English
- pity English
- sense English
- stock English
- wit English
- Lack German
- lak Dutch, Flemish
- lakdoek Dutch, Flemish
- nagellak Dutch, Flemish
- schellak Dutch, Flemish
- laque French
- *lok-néh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *laka- Proto-Germanic
- elak Swedish
- småelak Swedish
- alacke Middle English
- lackles Middle English
- lakr Old Norse
- lac Middle Dutch
- laken Middle Dutch
- *lakan Old Dutch
- lak Middle Low German
- elaker Old Swedish
- ah
- all
- wit
- land
- life
- pity
- love
- grace
- Latin
- brain
- alack
- sense
- stock
- linen
- looks
- luster
- lustre
- lacker
- lackwit
- lackest
- lacketh
- lackless
- learning
- lack-all
- laughter
- lackland
- lack-pity
- lack-life
- lack-love
- lackbrain
- lackstock
- lack-mind
- lack-grace
- lack-latin
- lackluster
- lacklustre
- lack-linen
- lack-looks
- lacklustrely
- lacklusterly
- lacklessness
- lack-learning
- lack-laughter
- lacklustreness
- lacklusterness