forlet

Meaning

1. To abandon; give up; leave; leave behind; forsake; desert; neglect.
2. To forget.

Synonyms

abandon

forsake

jilt

forlese

Translations

هجر

desemparar

Im Stich lassen

preisgeben

im Stich lassen

εγκαταλείπω

παρατώ

quiter

abbandonare

linquo

relinquo

descisco

laten varen

abandonar

desamparar

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: forleten

Inherited from Old English: forlǣtan

Cognate with Scots: forleet

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: ferläite

Cognate with Western Frisian: forlitte

Cognate with Dutch: verlaten

Cognate with German: verlassen

Cognate with Swedish: förlåta

In summary

From Middle English forleten (“forsake, reject, renounce, omit, lose, forgive”), from Old English forlǣtan (“to leave”), from Proto-Germanic *fralētaną (“to leave, dismiss”), equivalent to for- + let. Cognate with Scots forleet (“to forsake, abandon”), Saterland Frisian ferläite (“to forlet, abandon”), West Frisian forlitte (“to forlet”), Dutch verlaten (“to desert, abandon”), German verlassen (“to leave”), Swedish förlåta (“to excuse, forgive, remit”).