Last
English edit
Etymology edit
Various origins:
- English metonymic occupational surname for a cobbler, from last (“a tool for shaping shoes”). Compare Laster.
- Also as an English surname, from the adjective last.
- Borrowed from Dutch and German Last, an occupational surname for a porter (see the German entry below).
Proper noun edit
Last (plural Lasts)
- A surname.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Last is the 15922nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1825 individuals. Last is most common among White (92.66%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Last”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 400.
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German last, from Old High German last, hlast, from Proto-Germanic *hlastuz, from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂- (“to put, lay out”), whence English laden. Compare English last and ballast.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Last f (genitive Last, plural Lasten)
- load, burden
- 1921, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Trommel, in Weberin Schuld, G. Grote'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 18:
- Und sie ging gebückt, als trage sie eine schwere Last, […]
- And she walked bowed as if she carried a heavy load, […]
- 1921, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Trommel, in Weberin Schuld, G. Grote'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 18:
Declension edit
Declension of Last [feminine]
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “Last” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Last” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Last” in Duden online
- Last on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Last”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891