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Where does “lobster” come from?

Lobster comes from Middle English lopster, from Old English loppestre, from Latin locusta, combined with Proto-Germanic -istrijǭ and Proto-Indo-European -is-ter-.

lobster (English): red-colored, especially from a sunburn; A...

Definitions

  1. red-colored, especially from a sunburn; A...

Ancestry of “lobster”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishloppestere—
2Old Englishloppeſtre—

Words derived from “lobster”

  • lobsterman
  • lobsterlike
  • lobsterish
  • lobstery
  • lobsterer
  • lobsterling
  • lobsterette
  • globster
  • lobsterwoman
  • лобстер
  • לובסטר
Every word from Old English loppeſtre →