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Where does “lagune” come from?

lagune (Dutch) comes from French lagune, from Italian laguna, from Latin lacūna, from Latin lacus, from New Latin lacrimalis, from Latin lācrima, from Old Latin dacrima, from Proto-Italic *d(r)(k)akrunā — eye bitter.

lagune (Dutch): lagoon, shallow body of coastal water

Definitions

  1. lagoon, shallow body of coastal water

Ancestry of “lagune”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlagunelagoon, shallow body of coastal water
2Italianlagunalagoon
3Latinlacūna—
4Latinlacusa lake, pond, basin; reservoir; a tank, tub, vat,...
5New Latinlacrimalis—
6Latinlācrima—
7Old Latindacrimatear
8Proto-Italic*d(r)(k)akrunā—
9Proto-Indo-Europeandáḱru-tears; tear
10Proto-Indo-Europeandr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru-eye bitter
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru- →