Where does “lettre” come from?

lettre (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian lett, from German Lette, from Latvian latvis, from Latvian latuvis, from Latvian Latuva.

lettre (Hungarian): sublative singular of lett

Definitions

  1. sublative singular of lett

Ancestry of “lettre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hungarianlettthird-person singular indicative past indefinite...
2GermanLetteLatvian
3Latvianlatvisa Latvian, a Lett; a member of the Latvian...
4Latvianlatuvis—
5LatvianLatuva—
Every word from Latvian Latuva →Every word from Latvian latuvis →Every word from Latvian latvis →