latent
English
/ˈleɪ.tənt/
adj
Definitions
- Existing or present but concealed or inactive.
- (pathology) remaining in an inactive or hidden phase; dormant.
- (biology) lying dormant or hidden until circumstances are suitable for development or manifestation.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English latent derived from Old French latent derived from Latin latens, latentis root from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (hide, bark, howl, be concealed).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*leh₂-
Gloss
hide, bark, howl, be concealed
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
🥷
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antilatency English
- antilatent English
- lanthanite English
- lanthanum English
- latency English
- latently English
- semilatent English
- lallo Latin
- landica Latin
- latens, latentis Latin
- lessus Latin
- lolium Latin
- lāmentātiō Latin
- lullen German
- lullen Dutch, Flemish
- latent French
- Λήθη Ancient Greek
- λάθρῃ Ancient Greek
- λάρος Ancient Greek
- λήθαργος Ancient Greek
- λαλέω Ancient Greek
- ληθαργία Ancient Greek
- λῆρος Ancient Greek
- ἀλήθεια Ancient Greek
- ἀληθής Ancient Greek
- *leh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *lh₂-n-dʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- レイテンシ Japanese
- रायति Sanskrit
- latent Middle English
- lullen Middle English
- *làjati Proto-Slavic
- *lěvъ Proto-Slavic
- latent Old French
- lollen Middle Dutch
- *ráHyati Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *latēō Proto-Italic
- *lāmentom Proto-Italic
- *laja Proto-Albanian
- 𒌋𒆷𒂊 Hittite