Forlet Definition

Origin of Forlet

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

  From Wiktionary