English

latterness

From latter + -ness.

Formed from latter + -ness

Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d- ‘to be tired’

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Proto-West Germanic *lat ‘slow’

Old English læt ‘late’

Old English lætra

Middle English latter

Today it means

noun Quality of being latter.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / latterness