slate (rock) · a small, portable chalkboard · an unpaid bill
çekim: çoğul ardoises
eş: lauze
köken: From vernacular Late Latin of Northern France like Vulgar Latin *ardēsia, possibly from Gaulish artuā or Gaulish root *ard(u)- (“high, in altitude”), found also in Ardu-enna (the Ardennes), a region where slate has been quarried for centuries.
köken: First attested in 1475. Inherited from Old Spanish piçarra, from Basque, further derivation uncertain. * Perhaps from Basque *lapitz-arri (literally “slate stone”), from lapitz (“slate”) + arri (“stone”), with initial la- misinterpreted as the feminine singular article la. * Perhaps from Basque *pitzarri, blend of pitzatu (“to break into pieces”) + arri (“stone”).
köken: From Middle Dutch leye, probably an old Germanic loan from Gaulish *lēi, from Proto-Celtic *līwanks (compare *līwos (“stone”)), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁w- (“stone”), see also Ancient Greek λᾶας (lâas, “stone”), Albanian lerë (“boulder”).
aile: leien, leisteen, met een schone lei herbeginnen
köken: Inherited from Old Catalan losa, from Latin lausia, of Celtic origin, from Gaulish or Celtiberian *lausia, from Proto-Celtic *plousā (“stone slab”), of uncertain ultimate origin. Cognate with Spanish losa, French lauze, Galician lousa, etc.