1858, American English, short for lager beer (1845), from German Lagerbier "beer brewed for keeping" some months before being drunk, from Lager "storehouse" (from Proto-Germanic *legraz, from PIE root *legh- "to lie down, lay") + Bier "beer."
lady-love
ladyship
Laertes
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lag
lager
laggard
lagniappe
lagoon
lai
laic
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