Etymology Explorer › Polish

Where does “lata” come from?

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

lata (Polish): patch, piece of material used to repair a hole;...

Definitions

  1. patch, piece of material used to repair a hole;...

Ancestry of “lata”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanlatte—
2Middle High GermanLatte—
3Old High Germanlazza—
4Proto-West Germanic*lattu—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic *lattu →