Where does “alligater” come from?

alligater (English) comes from Spanish lagarto, from Old Spanish lagarto, from Vulgar Latin *lacartum, from Latin lacertus, from Latin lacerta — lizard; ablative singular of lacerta.

Ancestry of “alligater”, step by step

alligater traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Spanish lagarto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishlagartolizard; beer
2Old Spanishlagartolizard
3Vulgar Latin*lacartum—
4LatinlacertusAlternative form of lacerta: a lizard; The...
5Latinlacertalizard; ablative singular of lacerta

via Spanish el

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1SpanishelMasculine singular definite article; the;...
2Latinillethat; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that...
3LatinolleArchaic form of ille
4Proto-Italic*olnosthat

Words derived from “alligater”

Every word from Latin lacerta →Every word from Latin lacertus →Every word from Vulgar Latin *lacartum →