lote

/ˈlote/ · B2 · noun · m

batch

🎟️ lote = lottery: whatever ticket you draw is your lot (and your plot)

Spanish lote comes from Germanic hlot, the same root as English lot. Drawing lots decided who got which share, so a chance assignment became a share, a claim, and then a plot of land. Lote and lot are cognates.

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