Words that come from Vulgar Latin “lacartus”

32 words across 15 languages descend from Vulgar Latin lacartus — including alligator, alligatoring, alligatored, alligatorlike, alligator, lagarto, Alligator, Alligatoridae.

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English (10)

Spanish (4)

Translingual (3)

Portuguese (3)

Asturian (2)

French (1)

Galician (1)

Catalan (1)

Japanese (1)

Korean (1)

Irish (1)

Dutch (1)

West Frisian (1)

Romanian (1)

Old Portuguese (1)