Etymology Explorer › Middle High German

Where does “latte” come from?

latte (Middle High German) comes from Old High German lazza, from Proto-West Germanic *lattu.

Ancestry of “latte”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanlazza—
2Proto-West Germanic*lattu—

Words derived from “latte”

  • Morgenlatte
  • lattenstramm
  • Latte
  • Lat
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