The story
- Proto-Germanic · inherited from*mēþą
- Old English · inherited frommæþ“mowing”
- Old English · inherited fromlætra
- English todaylattermath
From latter (from Old English lætra, comparative form of læt (“late”)) + math (dialectal, from Old English mæþ (“mowing”), from the Proto-Germanic *mēþą).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishlætra all →
laterlatter
Proto-Germanic*mēþą all →
math
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.