English

late

/leɪt/
Near the end of a period of time.

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    Origin

    From Middle English late, lat, from Old English læt (“slow; slack, lax, negligent; late”), from Proto-West Germanic *lat, from Proto-Germanic *lataz (“slow, lazy”). By surface analysis, deverbal from let.

    Cognates

    Cognate with Yola laate (“late”), North Frisian leed, leet, lääs (“late”), Saterland Frisian leet (“late”), Dutch, German Low German laat (“late, tardy”), German lass (“lazy, sluggish”), Danish lad (“languid, lazy, indolent”), Faroese, Icelandic latur (“lazy”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish lat (“lazy”), Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐍄𐍃 (lats, “lazy, slothful”).

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    • derivedMiddle Englishlate
      • derivedOld Englishlæt “late”
        • derivedProto-West Germanic*lat
          • derivedProto-Germanic*lataz “slow, lazy”

    Related: Yola laate, North Frisian leed, Saterland Frisian leet, German Low German laat, German lass, Danish lad, Icelandic latur, Swedish lat, Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐍄𐍃

    Words built on it: a, later

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