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Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity. · An audio effects unit that introduces a controlled delay. · Synonym of promise (“object representing delayed result”). · An amount of time provided on each move before one's clock starts to tick; a less common time control than increment.
From Middle English delaien, borrowed from Anglo-Norman delaier, Old French deslaier, from des- + Old French laier (“to leave”), a conflation of Old Frankish *lattjan ("to delay, hinder"; from Proto-Germanic *latjaną (“to delay, hinder, stall”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d- (“to leave, leave behind”)), and Old Frankish *laibijan ("to leave"; from Proto-Germanic *laibijaną (“to leave, cause to stay”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“to remain, continue”)). Doublet of dally. Akin to Old English latian (“to delay, hesitate”), Old English latu (“a delay, a hindrance”), Old English lǣfan (“to leave”). More at let (to hinder), late, leave.
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- Inherited-form mentiondelaienenm
- Cognate mentiondeslaierfro
- Derivation mentionlaierfro · to leave
- Derivation mention*latjanągem-pro · to delay, hinder, stall
- Derivation mention*leh₁d-ine-pro · to leave, leave behind
- Derivation mention*laibijanągem-pro · to leave, cause to stay
- Derivation mention*leyp-ine-pro · to remain, continue
- Doublet mentiondallyen
- Cognate mentionlatianang · to delay, hesitate
- Cognate mentionlatuang · a delay, a hindrance
- Cognate mentionlǣfanang · to leave
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