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English word relax comes from Latin re-, Latin laxare, Latin laxo
re- (Latin)
Again; prefix added to various words to indicate an action being done again, or like the other usages indicated above under English.. Back, backwards.
laxare (Latin)
laxo (Latin)
(figuratively) I lighten, relieve, free. I extend, expand. I lessen, abate. I open, make wide. I relax, moderate, weaken. I undo, release.
relaxo (Latin)
(figuratively) I slacken, ease, alleviate, mitigate; cheer up, enliven, relax.. I stretch out or widen again; unloose, loosen, open; slacken; abate.
relaxer (Old French)
relax (English)
(intransitive) To become less severe or tense.. (intransitive) To become loose.. (intransitive, of codes and regulations) To become more lenient.. (transitive) To calm down.. (transitive) To make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient.. (transitive) To make something less severe or tense.. (transitive) To make something loose.. (transitive) To relieve (something) from [...]