Laster

Etymology

• As an English surname, variant of Lester.
• Also as an English occupational surname, from the noun laster.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æstə(ɹ)

Proper noun

Laster (plural Lasters)

1. A surname originating as an occupation.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Laster”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 400.

Anagrams

• ratels, alters, stelar, Tarsle, talers, streal, staler, estral, alerts, tarsel, resalt, Slater, slater, Salter, tralse, strale, Trelas, laters, artels, salter

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlastɐ/

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Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

lasten (“to load”) +‎ -er

References

• Friedrich Kluge (1975), Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache, 21st impression, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, p. 425.

Further reading

• “Laster” in Duden online
• “Laster” in Duden online
• “Laster” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Laster” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon