Etymology

lathing

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Today it means: Invitation. Full definition →

Middle English lathinge ← Old English laþung ← Proto-West Germanic *laþungu
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lathing · noun1

  1. Proto-West Germanic · inherited from*laþungu
  2. Old English · inherited fromlaþung
  3. Middle English · inherited fromlathinge
  4. English todaylathing

From Middle English lathinge, from Old English laþung, from Proto-West Germanic *laþungu, equivalent to lathe (“to invite”) + -ing. Cognate with German Ladung, Einladung (“invitiation”).

lathing · verb2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

lathing · noun3

From lath + -ing.

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