Lay

Morpheme

Lay

Type

free base

Denotation

lake, pool

Etymology

Middle English lay, laye, laie, ley, leye; of unknown origin but possible from (1) unattested variant of Old English lagu and/or (2) Old French lai; Latin lacus and/or (3) Old Norse lǫgr

Evidence

lay, lays

Notes

lay, loch, Looe, and lough are doublets