leat

Senso (Inglese)

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

Traduzioni

τάφρος

χαντάκι

levada

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: lete

Ereditato da inglese antico: ġelǣte

Affine inglese antico: wæterġelǣt

Affine tedesco antico alto: gilāz

Affine tedesco: Gelass

Affine inglese: 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.