let

let · verb, noun¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*leh₁d-“to be tired, leave”
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*lētaną“to leave behind, allow”
3. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*lātan
4. Old English · derived fromlǣtan“to allow, let go, bequeath, leave, rent”
5. Middle English · derived fromleten
6. English todaylet

Derived from Middle English leten, læten, from Old English lǣtan (“to allow, let go, bequeath, leave, rent”), from Proto-West Germanic *lātan, from Proto-Germanic *lētaną (“to leave behind, allow”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d- (“to be tired, leave”). Cognates Cognate with Scots lat, lete (“to let, leave”), Yola leth (“let”), North Frisian leet, let, lätje (“to let”), Bavarian låssn (“to let”), Dutch, Low German laten (“to let, leave”), German lassen, laßen (“to let, leave, allow”), Luxembourgish loossen (“to let, leave”), Yiddish לאָזן (lozn, “to let”), Danish lade (“to let, allow, leave”), Faroese, Icelandic láta (“to let”), Norwegian Bokmål la (“to let, leave”), Norwegian Nynorsk la, lata, late (“let, allow”), Swedish låta (“to let, allow, leave”), Gothic 𐌻𐌴𐍄𐌰𐌽 (lētan, “to let”), Albanian lë (“to allow, let, leave”) and partially related to French laisser (“to let”).

let · verb, noun²

1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*latjaną
2. Proto-West Germanic · derived from*lattjan
3. Old English · derived fromlettan“to hinder, delay”; literally, “to make late”
4. Middle English · derived fromletten“to hinder, delay”
5. English todaylet

Derived from Middle English letten (“to hinder, delay”), from Old English lettan (“to hinder, delay”; literally, “to make late”), from Proto-West Germanic *lattjan, from Proto-Germanic *latjaną. Akin to Old English latian (“to delay”), Dutch letten, Old English læt (“late”). More at late, delay.

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