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Where does “later” come from?

later (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European pleth₂- — flat.

later (Latin): brick, tile

Definitions

  1. brick, tile

Ancestry of “later”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanpleth₂-flat

Words derived from “later”

  • laterite
  • lateritic
  • lateritious
  • lateritius
  • laterculus
  • laterculum
  • laterculensis
  • laterculis
  • ladrillazo
  • ladrillo
  • adreilu
  • ladriello
  • ladre
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