Etymology of the English word lottery
the English word
lotteryderived from the Old French word
loteriederived from the Middle Dutch word
loterijederived from the Middle Dutch word
lotDate
The earliest known usage of lottery in English dates from the 16th century.
Cognates
Dutch
loterij, French
loterie, German
Lotterie, Italian
lotteria, Lithuanian
loterija, Norwegian
lotteri, Polish
loteria, Russian
лoтepeя, Swedish
lotteriUsage
Word found in Modern English
