Lazy Definition
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Origin of Lazy
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1540, origin uncertain, but probably from Middle Low German lasich (“slack, feeble, lazy"), from las, from Proto-Germanic *lasiwaz, *laskaz (“feeble, weak"), from Proto-Indo-European *las- (“weak"). Akin to Dutch leuzig "lazy", Old Norse lasinn "limpy, tired, weak", Old English lesu, lysu "false, evil, base". More at lush.
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Alternate etymology traces lazy to Early Modern English laysy, a derivative of lay (plural lays + -y) in the same way that tipsy is derived from tip. See lay.
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Probably of Low German origin
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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