1570s, "dye obtained from lac;" 1670s as "gold-colored solution of shellac," from obsolete French lacre, name for a kind of sealing wax, from Portuguese lacre, unexplained variant of lacca "resinous substance," from Arabic lakk, from Persian lak (see lac).
lacquer (v.)
"cover or coat with laqueur," 1680s, from lacquer (n.). Related: Lacquered; lacquering.
A lacquered box from China
lackluster
lacklustre
Laconian
laconic
Lacoste
lacquer
lacrosse
lacrymatory
lactate
lactation
lacteal
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