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Letto-|ˈlɛtəʊ|
combining form repr. mod.L. Lettōn-, Letto, used with adjs. or ns. denoting other languages or peoples, signifying ‘Lettish and..’, as Letto-Lithuanian, Letto-Slavonic, etc.
1880A. H. Sayce Introd. Sci. of Lang. II. vii. 107 The old middle or intransitive voice..has been lost in Keltic and Letto-Slavonic. 1913L. W. Lyde Continent of Europe 419 These are the Letto-Lithuanians and Finnic (Esht) peoples of the Baltic Provinces. 1920Glasgow Herald 21 July 8 A Polono-Lithuanian, a Polono-Lettish, and a Letto-Lithuanian question still unsettled. 1935Huxley & Haddon We Europeans vii. 221 The Letto-Lithuanians tend to be of medium height, but taller where remote from Slav influence. |