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
- A shallow body of water separated from deeper sea...
Ancestry of “lagoon”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | lagune | lagoon, shallow body of coastal water |
| 2 | Italian | laguna | lagoon |
| 3 | Latin | lacūna | a hole, pit, ditch; especially a pool, pond |
| 4 | Latin | lacus | a lake, pond, basin; reservoir; a tank, tub, vat,... |
| 5 | New Latin | lacrimalis | — |
| 6 | Latin | lācrima | a tear drop of liquid from crying |
| 7 | Old Latin | dacrima | tear |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *d(r)(k)akrunā | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dáḱru- | tears; tear |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru- | eye bitter |