Where does “lat” come from?
lat (Polish) comes from Latvian lats, from Latvian Latvija, from Latvian latvis, from Latvian latuvis, from Latvian Latuva.
Ancestry of “lat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latvian | lats | lats |
| 2 | Latvian | Latvija | Latvia |
| 3 | Latvian | latvis | a Latvian, a Lett; a member of the Latvian... |
| 4 | Latvian | latuvis | — |
| 5 | Latvian | Latuva | — |