English Explanatory Dictionary

lait

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To seek; search for; inquire.
name
  1. A surname from Old Norse.

Word forms

lait laits laiting laited late

Etymology

From Middle English laiten, leiten, from Old Norse leita (“to seek, search, inquire”), from Proto-Germanic *wlaitōną (“to look out, see”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to see”). Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk leita (“to search”), Icelandic leita (“to search”), Swedish leta (“to search, hunt, forage”), Old English wlātian (“to gaze, observe, look upon, behold”).

Related words

café au lait sac-a-lait

Derived words

laitand
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