lath
English
/læθ/
noun
Definitions
- A thin, narrow strip, fastened to the rafters, studs, or floor beams of a building, for the purpose of supporting a covering of tiles, plastering, etc.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English laththe inherited from Old English lætt (lath) inherited from Proto-Germanic *lattō (board, plank) derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)lat-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)lat-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- counterlath English
- lathen English
- lathlike English
- lathwork English
- lathy English
- *latta Latin
- Latte German
- Morgenlatte German
- Zaunlatte German
- lattenstramm German
- latta Italian
- lattina Italian
- lattoniere Italian
- lat Dutch, Flemish
- meetlat Dutch, Flemish
- abrelatas Spanish, Castilian
- hojalata Spanish, Castilian
- lata Spanish, Castilian
- latoso Spanish, Castilian
- *(s)lat- Proto-Indo-European
- lata Portuguese
- *lattō Proto-Germanic
- *laþō Proto-Germanic
- lætt Old English
- laththe Middle English
- lægte Danish
- lado Esperanto
- lata Cebuano
- hudlath Welsh
- llath Welsh
- latte Middle Dutch
- latta Old High German
- lazza Old High German
- lat Afrikaans
- lata Tagalog
- latte Middle High German
- Lat Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- *latta Old Dutch
- *slattā Proto-Celtic
- latte Middle Low German
- latta Cimbrian
- letke Low German
- löta Tetelcingo Nahuatl