Where does “alagarto” come from?
alagarto (English) comes from Spanish él, from Old Spanish ela, from Latin illa, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
Ancestry of “alagarto”, step by step
alagarto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish él
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | él | he, him, masculine personal third person subject... |
| 2 | Old Spanish | ela | — |
| 3 | Latin | illa | nominative feminine singular of ille; nominative... |
| 4 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 5 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |
via Spanish lagarto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Spanish | lagarto | lizard; beer |
| 2 | Old Spanish | lagarto | lizard |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | *lacartum | — |
| 4 | Latin | lacertus | Alternative form of lacerta: a lizard; The... |
| 5 | Latin | lacerta | lizard; ablative singular of lacerta |