last

• n.最後、最後；最後；靴の最後（靴を作るためのモデル）
• adj.最後の; 最も近い、最も新しい; 残っている唯一の; 最も少ない可能性
• vi. 持続する；維持する；十分である；耐える
• vt.通過する、引きずる、維持する
• adv. 最後の; 最後の時間、最も近い; 最後の地点
• n. （最後の）人名；（英語、ドイツ語、ポルトガル語、ルオ語、スウェーデン語）ラスタ

latestを省略したもので、lastはlateの原型となるトップスペルの形。

PIE*leis（踏む、跡、溝）から派生し、語源的にはlearn（学ぶ、伝承）と同じ。

last

last: [OE] Modern English has three separate words last, two of which are related. The adjective, meaning ‘after all others’, originated in prehistoric Germanic as the superlative form of late; its modern Germanic relatives include German letzt and Dutch laatst. The verb last ‘continue’ goes back to a prehistoric Germanic *laistjan ‘follow a track’, which also produced modern German leisten ‘perform, afford’.

This was derived from *laisti-, as was ultimately the noun last, which in Old English meant ‘footprint’ (‘shoemaker’s model foot’ is a secondary development). The general semantic thread ‘following a track’ can be traced back further via Germanic *lais- (a variant of which gave English learn) to Indo-European *leis- (source of Latin dēlīrāre, literally ‘deviate from a straight track’, from which English gets delirious [18]).
=> delirious, late, learn

last (adj., adv.)

"following all others," from Old English latost (adj.) and l?test (adv.), superlative of l?t (see late). Cognate with Old Frisian lest, Dutch laatst, Old High German laggost, German letzt. Meaning "most recent" is from c. 1200. The noun, "last person or thing," is c. 1200, from the adjective. Last hurrah is from the title of Edwin O'Connor's 1956 novel. Last word "final, definitive statement" is from 1650s. A dying person's last words so called by 1740. As an adjective, last-minute attested from 1913. Last-chance (adj.) is from 1962.

last (v.)

"endure, go on existing," from Old English l?stan "to continue, endure," earlier "accomplish, carry out," literally "to follow a track," from Proto-Germanic *laistjan "to follow a track" (cognates: Gothic laistjan "to follow," Old Frisian lasta "to fulfill, to pay (duties)," German leisten "to perform, achieve, afford"), from PIE *leis- (1) "track, furrow" (see learn).

Related to last (n.), not to last (adj.). Related: Lasted; lasting.

last (n.)

"shoemaker's block," from Old English l?ste, from last "track, footprint, trace," from Proto-Germanic *laist- (cognates: Old Norse leistr "the foot," Middle Dutch, Dutch leest "form, model, last," Old High German leist "track, footprint," German Leisten "last," Gothic laistjan "to follow," Old English l?ran "to teach"); see last (v.).

1. A fellow doesn 't last long on what he has done.He 's got to keep on delivering as he goes along.--Carl Hubbell，Baseball Player

過去に完成したものでは成功を収めることができず、道で成績を出し続けなければならない。dd>
毎日一言

2.Friendship means understanding，not agreement.It means forgiveness，not forgetting.It means the memories last ，even if contact is lost.

友情は理解であり、妥協ではない、許すことであり、忘れることではない。連絡しなくても、感情は残っています。

毎日一言

3.She ran away with a man called McTavish last year.

昨年、彼女はマクタヴィシュという男と駆け落ちした。

4.I picked first all the people who usually were left till last .

私はまず、通常最後まで残っているすべての人を選びました。

5.The Liberal Democrat 'ssupport fell away at the last minute.

自由民主党の支持率は最後の刻印で下がった。