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Where does “lagoonside” come from?

lagoonside (English) comes from English lagoon, from French lagune, from Italian laguna, from Latin lacūna, from Latin lacus, from New Latin lacrimalis, from Latin lācrima, from Old Latin dacrima — eye bitter.

lagoonside (English): Located along a lagoon

Definitions

  1. Located along a lagoon

Ancestry of “lagoonside”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlagoonA shallow body of water separated from deeper sea...
2Frenchlagunelagoon, shallow body of coastal water
3Italianlagunalagoon
4Latinlacūna—
5Latinlacusa lake, pond, basin; reservoir; a tank, tub, vat,...
6New Latinlacrimalis—
7Latinlācrima—
8Old Latindacrimatear
9Proto-Italic*d(r)(k)akrunā—
10Proto-Indo-Europeandáḱru-tears; tear
11Proto-Indo-Europeandr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru-eye bitter
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru- →