English
latewood
From late + wood.
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
Proto-Indo-European *h₁weydʰh₁- ‘to separate’
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Proto-West Germanic *widu ‘forest’
Old English widu
Old English wudu ‘wood’
Middle English wode ‘wood’
English wood
Today it means
noun wood formed in a tree relatively late in the season
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / latewood