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Where does “lat” come from?

lat (Dutch) comes from Middle Dutch latte, from Old Dutch latta, from Proto-West Germanic *lattu.

lat (Dutch): A slate, a lath; A specifically, the common...

Definitions

  1. A slate, a lath; A specifically, the common...

Ancestry of “lat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Dutchlatte—
2Old Dutchlatta—
3Proto-West Germanic*lattu—

Words derived from “lat”

  • meetlat
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *lattu →