From Middle English lot, from Old English hlot, from Proto-Germanic *hlutÄ…. Cognate with North Frisian lod, Saterland Frisian Lot, West Frisian lot, Dutch lot, French lot, German Low German Lott, Middle High German luz. lotto. Related also to German Los.
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