Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗The allowing of possession of a property etc. in exchange for rent.
To allow to, not to prevent (+ infinitive, but usually without to). · To allow to be or do without interference; to not disturb or meddle with; to leave alone. · To allow the release of (a fluid). · To allow possession of (a property etc.) in exchange for rent.
Derived from Middle English leten, læten, from Old English lǣtan (“to allow, let go, bequeath, leave, rent”), from Proto-West Germanic *lātan, from Proto-Germanic *lētaną (“to leave behind, allow”), from Proto-Indo-European *leh₁d- (“to be tired, leave”). Cognates Cognate with Scots lat, lete (“to let, leave”), Yola leth (“let”), North Frisian leet, let, lätje (“to let”), Bavarian låssn (“to let”), Dutch, Low German laten (“to let, leave”), German lassen, laßen (“to let, leave, allow”), Luxembourgish loossen (“to let, leave”), Yiddish לאָזן (lozn, “to let”), Danish lade (“to let, allow, leave”), Faroese, Icelandic láta (“to let”), Norwegian Bokmål la (“to let, leave”), Norwegian Nynorsk la, lata, late (“let, allow”), Swedish låta (“to let, allow, leave”), Gothic 𐌻𐌴𐍄𐌰𐌽 (lētan, “to let”), Albanian lë (“to allow, let, leave”) and partially related to French laisser (“to let”).
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- Derivation mentionletenenm
- Derivation mentionlǣtanang
- Derivation mention*lātangmw-pro
- Derivation mention*lētanągem-pro
- Derivation mention*leh₁d-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionlatsco
- Cognate mentionlethyol
- Cognate mentionleetfrr
- Cognate mentionlåssnbar
- Cognate mentionlatennds
- Cognate mentionlassende
- Cognate mentionloossenlb
- Cognate mentionלאָזןyi
- Cognate mentionladeda
- Cognate mentionlátais
- Cognate mentionlanb
- Cognate mentionlann
- Cognate mentionlåtasv
- Cognate mention𐌻𐌴𐍄𐌰𐌽got
- Cognate mentionlësq
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