llis
Catalan
Etymology
Uncertain; perhaps from Vulgar Latin/Proto-Romance *līsius, a borrowing from Ancient Greek λισσός (lissós, “smooth”).[1] Compare Spanish and Portuguese liso, French lisse, Italian liscio.
References
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, p. 133
Further reading
- “llis” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “llis”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “llis” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “llis” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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