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· Proto-Germanic
*latjaną
2 English words descend from Proto-Germanic
*latjaną
, most common first.
let
To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to).
delay
A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.