Where does “lagosta” come from?

lagosta (Galician) comes from Vulgar Latin lacusta, from Latin locusta, from Proto-Indo-European lēk- — string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of...

lagosta (Galician): lobster, especially the rock lobster; locust

Definitions

  1. lobster, especially the rock lobster; locust

Ancestry of “lagosta”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinlacustalocust, grasshopper; crustacean, marine...
2Latinlocustalocust, grasshopper; crustacean, marine...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanlēk-string, twig, tendril; leg, the main muscle of...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lēk- →Every word from Latin locusta →Every word from Vulgar Latin lacusta →