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Where does “jat” come from?

jat (Dutch) comes from French jatte, from Latin gabata — A kind of dish or platter assumed to be made out...

jat (Dutch): hand; cup

Definitions

  1. hand; cup

Ancestry of “jat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchjattepan, bowl; skeel
2LatingabataA kind of dish or platter assumed to be made out...
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