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Where does “lagoon” come from?

Lagoon comes from French lagune, from Italian laguna, from Latin lacuna, from Latin lacus meaning "lake," from Proto-Italic lakus, from Proto-Indo-European lokus.

lagoon (English): A shallow body of water separated from deeper sea...

Definitions

  1. A shallow body of water separated from deeper sea...

Ancestry of “lagoon”, 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

Words derived from “lagoon”

  • lagoonal
  • lagoonside
  • lagun
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru- →