Lettn.

Brit.

/lɛt/, U.S.

/lɛt/

Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Lette.

Etymology: < German Lette (noun) Latvian person (Middle High German lette ), ultimately < Latvian latvis (see Latvian adj. and n.) or an unattested variant with e in the first syllable, perhaps via a form in Livonian, an extinct Finnic language closely related to Estonian. Compare French †lette (1765 or earlier denoting a Latvian person, 1846 or earlier denoting the Latvian language), and also post-classical Latin Lettus (1562 or earlier), Letton- , Letto (13th cent.), French letton (1786 or earlier denoting a Latvian person, 1822 or earlier denoting the Latvian language). Compare Latvian n. With the use in sense 1, compare earlier Lettonian n., Letto n.; with the use in sense 2, compare earlier Lettic n., Lettish n.

1. A member of a Baltic people, living mainly in Latvia; a Latvian. Now rare.Latvian has been the usual term since the country became an independent republic in 1918.

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the world > people > ethnicities > Baltic peoples > [noun]

Letto1557

Lettonian1722

Lett1817

Old Prussian1856

1817 W. Scott Harold ii. xvii. 66 From thy Pomeranian throne..Bend Esthonian, Finn, and Lett, And their swords in vengeance whet.

1831 Foreign Q. Rev. 8 61 The Letts, a simple-mannered and now-existing people.

1884 Sat. Rev. 7 June 761/1 Any Lett could make himself understood in India.

1920 Glasgow Herald 28 Dec. 4 Warsaw expects an attack at any moment, the Esths and Letts in February.

1962 Proc. Amer. Acad. Jewish Res. 30 62 The Jews are mentioned as one of the ‘fluid’ nationalities which (like the Letts and others) had no territory of their own.

1995 Europe-Asia Stud. 47 1230 The credulous Englishmen..soon suggested that the two Letts should travel to Moscow.

2. The language of this people; Latvian. Cf. Lettish n. Now rare.See note at sense 1.

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the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Balto-Slavic > Baltic > Latvian

Lettish1709

Lett1858

Latvian1924

1858 Atlantis 1 98 Lett, the popular language of Kurland..and the greater part of Liefland—a language which is to the Litthuanian what the Italian is to the Latin.

1862 London Rev. & Weekly Jrnl. 16 Aug. 150 The Lithuanian proper... The Lett, one of its branches, is spoken in Esthonia, Livonia, and Courland.

1904 H. S. Williams Historians' Hist. World (1907) XVII. 613 The Baltic provinces are inhabited by German-speaking, Lett-speaking, and Esth-speaking Lutherans.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	lett
释义	Lettn. Brit. /lɛt/, U.S. /lɛt/ Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Lette. Etymology: < German Lette (noun) Latvian person (Middle High German lette ), ultimately < Latvian latvis (see Latvian adj. and n.) or an unattested variant with e in the first syllable, perhaps via a form in Livonian, an extinct Finnic language closely related to Estonian. Compare French †lette (1765 or earlier denoting a Latvian person, 1846 or earlier denoting the Latvian language), and also post-classical Latin Lettus (1562 or earlier), Letton- , Letto (13th cent.), French letton (1786 or earlier denoting a Latvian person, 1822 or earlier denoting the Latvian language). Compare Latvian n. With the use in sense 1, compare earlier Lettonian n., Letto n.; with the use in sense 2, compare earlier Lettic n., Lettish n. 1. A member of a Baltic people, living mainly in Latvia; a Latvian. Now rare.Latvian has been the usual term since the country became an independent republic in 1918. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Baltic peoples > [noun] Letto1557 Lettonian1722 Lett1817 Old Prussian1856 1817 W. Scott Harold ii. xvii. 66 From thy Pomeranian throne..Bend Esthonian, Finn, and Lett, And their swords in vengeance whet. 1831 Foreign Q. Rev. 8 61 The Letts, a simple-mannered and now-existing people. 1884 Sat. Rev. 7 June 761/1 Any Lett could make himself understood in India. 1920 Glasgow Herald 28 Dec. 4 Warsaw expects an attack at any moment, the Esths and Letts in February. 1962 Proc. Amer. Acad. Jewish Res. 30 62 The Jews are mentioned as one of the ‘fluid’ nationalities which (like the Letts and others) had no territory of their own. 1995 Europe-Asia Stud. 47 1230 The credulous Englishmen..soon suggested that the two Letts should travel to Moscow. 2. The language of this people; Latvian. Cf. Lettish n. Now rare.See note at sense 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > Balto-Slavic > Baltic > Latvian Lettish1709 Lett1858 Latvian1924 1858 Atlantis 1 98 Lett, the popular language of Kurland..and the greater part of Liefland—a language which is to the Litthuanian what the Italian is to the Latin. 1862 London Rev. & Weekly Jrnl. 16 Aug. 150 The Lithuanian proper... The Lett, one of its branches, is spoken in Esthonia, Livonia, and Courland. 1904 H. S. Williams Historians' Hist. World (1907) XVII. 613 The Baltic provinces are inhabited by German-speaking, Lett-speaking, and Esth-speaking Lutherans. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1817
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