laten
Middle Dutch
verb
Definitions
- to leave, to cause to remain in the same position or state
- to release
- to let, to lose of bodily fluids
- to leave, to let remain, to leave behind
- to leave, to depart from
- to not do, to refrain from
- to stop doing, to cease doing
- (auxiliary) to allow, to not prevent
- (auxiliary) to cause to, to make
Etymology
Inherited from Old Dutch lātan inherited from *lātan inherited from Proto-Germanic *lētaną (let, leave alone, leave, allow, leave behind).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*lētaną
Gloss
let, leave alone, leave, allow, leave behind
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- achterlaten Dutch, Flemish
- aderlaten Dutch, Flemish
- doorlaten Dutch, Flemish
- laten Dutch, Flemish
- loslaten Dutch, Flemish
- nalaten Dutch, Flemish
- ontlaten Dutch, Flemish
- toelaten Dutch, Flemish
- uitlaten Dutch, Flemish
- verlaten Dutch, Flemish
- weglaten Dutch, Flemish
- *leh₁d- Proto-Indo-European
- *lētaną Proto-Germanic
- lætan Old English
- lǣtan Old English
- láta Old Norse
- lazan Old High German
- lāzan Old High German
- laat Afrikaans
- 𐌻𐌴𐍄𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- *lātan gmw-pro
- antlatan Old Dutch
- farlatan Old Dutch
- latan Old Dutch
- lātan Old Dutch
- latan Old Saxon
- lātan Old Saxon