Proto-Indo-European

*leh₁d-

‘to be tired’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d-.

8 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d-, most familiar first.

• let ← leten ← lǣtan ← *lātan ← *lētaną
• late ← læt ← *lat ← *lataz ← *lh₁d-o-
• latter ← lætra ← læt ← *lat ← *lataz
• alas ← a las ← lassus ← *lh₁d-to-s
• leet ← lēt ← lǣtan ← *lātan ← *lētaną
• leat ← lete ← ġelǣte ← lǣtan ← *lātan
• lassitude ← lassitūdō ← lassus ← *lh₁d-to-s
• lattermath ← lætra ← læt ← *lat ← *lataz

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d-