Etymology

Lopata

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Czech Lopata ← Polish Łopata ← Ukrainian лопата
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The story

  1. Proto-Slavic · derived from*lopata
  2. Ukrainian · borrowed fromлопата
  3. Polish · borrowed fromŁopata
  4. Czech · borrowed fromLopata
  5. English todayLopata

From Czech Lopata, Polish Łopata, and Ukrainian лопата (lopata); ultimately from Proto-Slavic *lopata.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.