† Letton.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Letto.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin Letto (see Lett n.). Compare later Lett n. and also Letto- comb. form.Compare also occasional early uses of Letto denoting the country:a1556 R. Chancellor in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1599) I. 239 He leaueth on the borders of Liefland fortie thousand men, and vpon the borders of Letto 60 thousand men.1646 T. Johnson Plea for Free-mens Liberties sig. A3 Out and from any our Dominions through the Sound, into the Realmes..of Norway, Swethia, Poland, and the territories of the same Kingdoms, as also into Letto, and Liefland.

Obsolete.

A member of a Baltic people living mainly in Latvia; a Latvian; = Lett n.

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Letto1557

Lettonian1722

Lett1817

Old Prussian1856

1557 Let. in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1599) I. 298 We would haue you to certifie vs what kinde of wollen cloth..the Poles and Lettoes doe bring to Russia.

1589 A. Jenkinson in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations ii. 337 This Emperour is of great power: for he hath conquered much, as well of the Lyfflanders, Poles, Lettoes, and Swethens, as also of the Tartars, and Gentiles, called Samoydes.

1647 J. Biddle Twelve Arguments sig. A2^v Are they not like those barbarous Lettoes, who who [sic] were alwayes in the Fields and Woods, heard uttering these words, feru feru Masco Lon.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	letto
释义	† Letton. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Letto. Etymology: < post-classical Latin Letto (see Lett n.). Compare later Lett n. and also Letto- comb. form.Compare also occasional early uses of Letto denoting the country:a1556 R. Chancellor in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1599) I. 239 He leaueth on the borders of Liefland fortie thousand men, and vpon the borders of Letto 60 thousand men.1646 T. Johnson Plea for Free-mens Liberties sig. A3 Out and from any our Dominions through the Sound, into the Realmes..of Norway, Swethia, Poland, and the territories of the same Kingdoms, as also into Letto, and Liefland. Obsolete. A member of a Baltic people living mainly in Latvia; a Latvian; = Lett n. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > Baltic peoples > [noun] Letto1557 Lettonian1722 Lett1817 Old Prussian1856 1557 Let. in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1599) I. 298 We would haue you to certifie vs what kinde of wollen cloth..the Poles and Lettoes doe bring to Russia. 1589 A. Jenkinson in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations ii. 337 This Emperour is of great power: for he hath conquered much, as well of the Lyfflanders, Poles, Lettoes, and Swethens, as also of the Tartars, and Gentiles, called Samoydes. 1647 J. Biddle Twelve Arguments sig. A2^v Are they not like those barbarous Lettoes, who who [sic] were alwayes in the Fields and Woods, heard uttering these words, feru feru Masco Lon. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2021). > see also also refers to : Letto-comb. form < n.1557 see also
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† Letton.

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