leat

Significado (Inglés)

An artificial watercourse, canal, or aqueduct, but especially a millrace.

Traducións

τάφρος

χαντάκι

levada

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Herdado de Middle English: lete

Herdado de Old English: ġelǣte

Relativo a Old English: wæterġelǣt

Relativo a Old High German: gilāz

Relativo a alemán: Gelass

Relativo a inglés: let

In summary

Probably from Middle English lete (“a meeting or intersection of roads; junction; crossroads; conduit”), from Old English ġelǣte (“a going out, ending, meeting”), as in Old English wæterġelǣt (“watercourse, aquaduct”), from Proto-Germanic *lētą, *galētą (“a letting, a letting out”). Cognate with Old High German gilāz (“outlet, exit, end, road junction”), German Gelaß (“back room, recess, private chamber”). Related to English let.