Words that come from Latin “lacerta”

98 words across 33 languages descend from Latin lacerta — including lizard, alligator, Lacerta, lizardlike, lacertid, alligatoring, lizardfish, lizardy.

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English (31)

Translingual (8)

Old French (6)

Latin (5)

Spanish (5)

Portuguese (4)

French (3)

Sicilian (3)

Italian (2)

Irish (2)

Hungarian (2)

Venetian (2)

Dalmatian (2)

Asturian (2)

Japanese (2)

Middle English (2)

Anglo-Norman (1)

Galician (1)

Esperanto (1)

Ido (1)

Catalan (1)

Friulian (1)

Korean (1)

Dutch (1)

West Frisian (1)

Scottish Gaelic (1)

Romanian (1)

German (1)

Norman (1)

Middle French (1)

Vulgar Latin (1)

Old Portuguese (1)

Late Latin (1)