Words that come from Latin “lacertus”

74 words across 29 languages descend from Latin lacertus — including lizard, alligator, lizardlike, alligatoring, lizardfish, lizardy, lizardman, lizardskin.

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English (27)

Old French (5)

Spanish (5)

French (3)

Translingual (3)

Portuguese (3)

Irish (2)

Hungarian (2)

Asturian (2)

Japanese (2)

Middle English (2)

Anglo-Norman (1)

Latin (1)

Galician (1)

Esperanto (1)

Ido (1)

Catalan (1)

Dalmatian (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)