English
latesome
Latesome comes from Old English lætsum ‘slow’.
- Old Englishc. 450–1150lætsum‘slow’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500latesom
- Englishearliest quotation 1818latesome
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Englishc. 450–1150lætsum‘slow’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500latesom
- Englishearliest quotation 1818latesome
Earliest quotation: 1818, Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Revi: “By gane Times and latesome Changes," [...]”
Formed from late + -some
Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d- ‘to be tired’
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Proto-Germanic *lataz ‘slow’
Proto-West Germanic *lat ‘slow’
Old English læt ‘slow’
Middle English late ‘slow’
English late
Every English word from Old English lætsum
Today it means
adj Marked by lateness; characteristically late
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old English lætsum / latesome