leet

leet · noun¹

1. French · derived fromélite
2. Old Norse · derived fromleiti
3. Old French · derived fromlite
4. Scots · borrowed fromleet
5. English todayleet

From Scots leet, leit, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old French lite, litte, variant of liste (“list”); or from Old Norse leiti, hleyti (“a share, portion”) (compare Old English hlēt (“share, lot”)); or an aphaeretic shortening of French élite.

leet · verb²

1. Old English · derived fromlēt
2. English todayleet

From Old English lēt, past tense of lǣtan (“to let”).

leet · noun³

1. Old English · derived fromġelǣte“crossroads”
2. Medieval Latin · derived fromleta
3. Middle English · derived fromlete“meeting”
4. English todayleet

Originated 1400–50 from late Middle English lete (“meeting”), from Anglo-Norman lete and Medieval Latin leta (Anglo-Latin), possibly from Old English ġelǣte (“crossroads”).

leet · noun⁴

Jamieson mentions the alternative spellings lyth, lythe, laid, and laith, and connects it to a verb lythe (“to shelter”), as it "is frequently caught ... in deep holes among the rocks".

leet · noun⁵

1. Proto-Germanic · inherited from*galētą
2. Old English · inherited fromġelǣt
3. Middle English · inherited fromlete
4. English todayleet

From Middle English lete, from Old English ġelǣt, ġelǣte, from Proto-Germanic *galētą, *lētą. More at leat.

leet · noun, adjective⁶

Apheretic form of elite, respelled according to leetspeak conventions.

Leet · proper noun⁷

1. Old English · derived fromġelǣte“intersection, crossroads”
2. English todayLeet

Topographic surname for someone who lived near a road junction, from Old English ġelǣte (“intersection, crossroads”).

LEET · noun⁸

Modelled on NEET.

Words from the same roots