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English word lottery comes from Proto-Indo-European *klew-, and later Proto-Germanic *hlutą (Fate. Lot, share.)
*klew- (Proto-Indo-European)
*hlutą (Proto-Germanic)
Fate. Lot, share.
hlot (Old English)
Choice, decision. Portion, share, lot.
*hlot (Frankish)
lot (Old French)
lotteria (Italian)
Lottery. Sweepstake (horse racing).
lottery (English)
(figuratively) An affair of chance.. (obsolete, Shakespeare) Allotment; a thing allotted.. A scheme for the distribution of prizes by lot or chance, especially a gaming scheme in which one or more tickets bearing particular numbers draw prizes, the other tickets are blanks.