loath
English
/ləʊθ/, /loʊθ/
adj
Definitions
- Averse, disinclined; reluctant, unwilling.
- (obsolete) Angry, hostile.
- (obsolete) Loathsome, unpleasant.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English lōth (difficult, hateful, disinclined, unpleasant, malignant, displeased, evil, displeasing, dissatisfied, troublesome, horrible, unwilling, loathsome) inherited from Old English lāð derived from Old Norse leið inherited from Proto-Germanic *laiþaz (sorrowful, unpleasant, loath, loathsome, averse, hostile, disgusting, reluctant, unwilling, hateful, sorry, sad) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂leyt- (unpleasant, do something abhorrent hateful, transgress, loathe), *h₂leyt- (unpleasant, do something abhorrent hateful, transgress, loathe).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂leyt-
Gloss
unpleasant, do something abhorrent hateful, transgress, loathe
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- loathest English
- loathful English
- loathfulness English
- loathliness English
- loathly English
- loathness English
- loathsome English
- loathsomely English
- loathsomeness English
- loathy English
- unloathsome English
- Beileid German
- Herzeleid German
- Leid German
- Leider German
- Leidwesen German
- Mitleid German
- erleiden German
- leid German
- leiden German
- leidig German
- leidlich German
- leidsam German
- leidtun German
- zuleide German
- laidamente Italian
- laidezza Italian
- laidità Italian
- laido Italian
- laidume Italian
- dierenleed Dutch, Flemish
- kinderleed Dutch, Flemish
- leed Dutch, Flemish
- leedvermaak Dutch, Flemish
- leedwezen Dutch, Flemish
- laid French
- laideron French
- laideur French
- laidir French
- ἀλιτρός Ancient Greek
- *h₂leyt- Proto-Indo-European
- *leyt- Proto-Indo-European
- *laidō Proto-Germanic
- *laiþaz Proto-Germanic
- *laiþą Proto-Germanic
- armbågsled Swedish
- armled Swedish
- beaktandeled Swedish
- förled Swedish
- led Swedish
- lei Norwegian Nynorsk
- laþ Old English
- lāð Old English
- lāþ Old English
- lothful Middle English
- lothli Middle English
- lothnesse Middle English
- lothsum Middle English
- lōth Middle English
- leið Old Norse
- leiðr Old Norse
- liðr Old Norse
- genstandsled Danish
- grundled Danish
- hensynsled Danish
- led Danish
- ledbus Danish
- ledsætning Danish
- slægtled Danish
- laid, lait, leid Old French
- leit, lait Old French
- leið Icelandic
- leiðindi Icelandic
- leiður Icelandic
- laido Galician
- lêet Middle Dutch
- leid Old High German
- leið Faroese
- leit Middle High German
- līden Middle High German
- Leed Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- laid Middle French
- lēth Old Dutch
- leth Old Saxon
- leþ Old Swedish
- lēþer, leþer Old Swedish
- laith Scots
- *laiþ Frankish
- lariu Sicilian
- lèd Haitian, Haitian Creole