let alone; used after a negative or limiting clause to introduce another that applies even less · let alone; used after an affirmative clause to introduce another that applies even more
eş: geschweige denn
köken: First-person singular indicative present of geschweigen (“to be silent”) (from Middle High German geswîgen, from Old High German giswîgên), which has been obsolete at least since the 18th century.
köken: Inherited from Old Spanish dexar, from Early Old Spanish lexar, from Latin laxāre, whence also laxar (a borrowed doublet). Also compare Portuguese and Galician deixar, Asturian dexar, Aragonese deixar, Catalan deixar, Occitan daissar, laissar, Sicilian dassari and both French laisser and délaisser. Early Old Spanish generally has l-, forms appearing with d- towards 1200. The change of the initial…
aile: dejar a salvo, dejar al campo, dejar atrás, dejar atrás los vientos, dejar caer, dejar correr, dejar correr la pluma, dejar de lado, dejar en el sitio, dejar feo