Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗adj
Final, ultimate, coming after all others of its kind. · Most recent, latest, last so far. · Farthest of all from a given quality, character, or condition; most unlikely, or least preferable. · Being the only one remaining of its class.
adv
Most recently. · after everything else; finally
det
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe (one) immediately before the present. · Closest in the past, or closest but one if the closest was very recent; of days, sometimes thought to specifically refer to the instance closest to seven days (one week) ago, or the most recent instance before seven days (one week) ago.
From Middle English laste, latst, syncopated variant of latest, both ultimately from Old English latost. Doublet of latest.
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