köken: Borrowed from Late Latin pathēticus, from Ancient Greek παθητικός (pathētikós, “subject to feeling, capable of feeling, impassioned”), from παθητός (pathētós, “one who has suffered, subject to suffering”), from πάσχω (páskhō, “to suffer”).
köken: From Proto-Iranian *langa-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *langa- (“lame”); according to Pokorny, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)leh₁g- (“feeble, weak”). Cognate with Central Kurdish لەنگ (leng), Pashto [script needed] (lang), Sanskrit लङ्ग (laṅga, “lame”).
köken: Possibly through Middle Dutch vlau (“limp, weak”) from Old French flou; see further at French flou. If so, a doublet of Dutch flou. Compare with the Walloon flåwe (weak).
Hij haalt soms de flauwste grappen uit! - He pulls the lamest pranks sometimes!
köken: From some extension of *kelh₂- (“to strike, cut”), leading to derivatives meaning "broken or cut off," see also Russian колдыка (koldyka, “lame”) and Ancient Greek κολοβός (kolobós, “curtailed, broken”); the root is also the ultimate source of English halt.
aile: claudaster, claudeō, claudicō, claudīgō, clauditās, Claudius