See Roberts on Wiktionary
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"etymology_text": "First recorded in 1545. Of Germanic origin. Cognate to English Robert.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "lv",
"2": "proper noun",
"g": "m"
},
"expansion": "Roberts m",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Latvian",
"lang_code": "lv",
"pos": "name",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Latvian entries with incorrect language header",
"Latvian given names",
"Latvian lemmas",
"Latvian male given names",
"Latvian masculine nouns",
"Latvian proper nouns",
"Latvian terms derived from Germanic languages",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"a male given name"
],
"links": [
[
"given name",
"given name"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
"word": "Roberts"
}
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