Laster

Meaning

vice (bad habit)

lasten

to weigh on, to bear on

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈlastɐ/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German laster, from Old High German lastar, from Proto-Germanic *lahstrą (with regular loss of h before st), a variant form of *lahtrą (whence Old English leahtor and Dutch lachter), from the root of *lahaną (“to blame, fault, reproach”) (whence also Old Norse lǫstr and its descendant Icelandic löstur), from Proto-Indo-European *lok-, whence also Old Irish locht.

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