lattice

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*(s)latn-
2. Proto-Germanic · derived from*laþô“board; plank; ledge”
3. Frankish · derived from*lattu“a lath”
4. Old French · derived fromlattis
5. Middle French · derived fromlattis“lathing”
6. Middle English · derived fromlatis
7. English todaylattice

From Middle English latis, from Middle French lattis (“lathing”), from Old French lattis, from latte (“a lath”), from Frankish *lattu (“a lath”), from Proto-Germanic *laþô (“board; plank; ledge”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)latn-, *(s)lat- (“beam; log”). Cognate with Old High German latta (“lath”), (German Latte), Old English lætt (“lath”), Middle Low German lāde (“plank, counter, sales counter”), German Laden (“shop”). More at lath.

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