forlet
English
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To abandon; give up; leave; leave behind; forsake; desert; neglect.
- (transitive) To forget.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English forleten (lose, reject, forgive, forsake, omit, renounce) inherited from Old English forlǣtan (leave) inherited from Proto-Germanic *fralētaną (dismiss, leave) prefix from English let (allow).
Origin
English
let
Gloss
allow
Concept
Semantic Field
Social and political relations
Ontological Category
Action/Process
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bloodlet English
- inlet English
- let English
- letcha English
- lettable English
- lettest English
- letteth English
- lettor English
- offlet English
- outlet English
- re-let English
- relet English
- sublet English
- underlet English
- unlet English
- Verlassenheit German
- lassen German
- verlassen German
- verlässlich German
- laten Dutch, Flemish
- verlaten Dutch, Flemish
- let French
- forlate Norwegian Bokmål
- *fralētaną Proto-Germanic
- förlåta Swedish
- låta Swedish
- forlætan Old English
- forlǣtan Old English
- forleten Middle English
- leten Middle English
- forlade Danish
- farlāʒan, farlazan Old High German
- firlāzzan Old High German
- verlazen, verlāʒen Middle High German
- verlāzzen Middle High German
- 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌻𐌴𐍄𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- laten Middle Low German
- vorlaten Middle Low German
- borlassan Cimbrian
- lassan Cimbrian
- laa Alemannic German
- verlaa Alemannic German
- forlata Old Swedish
- forleet Scots