Etymology

laster

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Today it means: A workman whose business it is to shape boots or shoes, or place leather smoothly, on lasts. Full definition →

English last ← Middle English lest ← Old English lǣste
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laster · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*leys-
  2. Proto-Germanic*laistiz
  3. Old Englishlǣste
  4. Middle Englishlest
  5. Englishlast
  6. English todaylaster

From last + -er.

Laster · proper noun2

* As an English surname, variant of Lester. * Also as an English occupational surname, from the noun laster.

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