Proto-Germanic

*lataz

‘slow, lazy’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *lataz.

4 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *lataz, most familiar first.

• let ← letten ← lettan ← *lattjan ← *latjaną
• late ← læt ← *lat
• latter ← lætra ← læt ← *lat
• lattermath ← lætra ← læt ← *lat

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *lataz