Where does “latte” come from?

latte (Middle High German) comes from Old High German lazza, from Proto-West Germanic *lattu — board, plank, ledge, slat, bar, shelf.

Ancestry of “latte”, step by step

latte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old High German lazza

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanlazza—
2Proto-West Germanic*lattuboard, plank, ledge, slat, bar, shelf

via Old High German latta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old High Germanlattalath
2Proto-Germanic*lattu—

Words derived from “latte”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *lattu →Every word from Old High German lazza →