Where does “let” come from?
let (Friulian) comes from Latin lēctus, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
let (Friulian): past participle of lei- read
Definitions
- past participle of lei- read
Ancestry of “let”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | lēctus | — |
| 2 | Latin | legō | — |
| 3 | Latin | lēx | — |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | lēg- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ-s | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |