Where does “lete” come from?

lete (Middle English) comes from Old English ġelǣt, from Proto-Germanic galētą, from Proto-Germanic lētą — a letting.

lete (Middle English): a meeting or intersection of roads; junction;...

Definitions

  1. a meeting or intersection of roads; junction;...

Ancestry of “lete”, step by step

lete traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Old English ġelǣt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġelǣtleat
2Proto-Germanicgalētąa letting, a letting out
3Proto-Germaniclētąa letting

via Anglo-Norman lete

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normanlete—
2Medieval Latinletasecond-person singular present active imperative...

via Old English ġelǣte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishġelǣtecrossroads; a going out, ending, meeting

Words derived from “lete”

Every word from Proto-Germanic lētą →Every word from Proto-Germanic galētą →Every word from Old English ġelǣt →