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
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Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d-