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Where does “Lett” come from?

Lett comes from German Lette, which derives from Latvian latvis, ultimately from Latvian latuvis, the name for a person of Latvia or Latvian ethnicity.

Lett (English): Latvian

Definitions

  1. Latvian

Ancestry of “Lett”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanLetteLatvian
2Latvianlatvisa Latvian, a Lett; a member of the Latvian...
3Latvianlatuvis—
4LatvianLatuva—

Words derived from “Lett”

  • Lettish
  • Lettland
  • Lettic
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