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last

Pronunciation: /lɑːst/

“last” is an Old English word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. footstep, track

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *laist, along with the feminine variant lǣst. Cognates Cognate with Middle Dutch leest (Dutch leest), Old High German leist (German Leist), Old Norse leistr (“foot, sock”) (Swedish läst, Danish læst).

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