Where does “lagon” come from?

lagon (Haitian Creole) comes from French lagon, from Italian lagone, from Italian lago, from Old Italian laco, from Latin lacus, from New Latin lacrimalis, from Latin lācrima, from Old Latin dacrima — eye bitter.

lagon (Haitian Creole): lagoon

Definitions

  1. lagoon

Ancestry of “lagon”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlagonlagoon (shallow body of water)
2Italianlagonehot spring, fumarole
3Italianlagolake
4Old Italianlaco
5Latinlacusa lake, pond, basin; reservoir; a tank, tub, vat,...
6New Latinlacrimalis
7Latinlācrimaa tear drop of liquid from crying
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-Every word from Proto-Indo-European dáḱru-Every word from Proto-Italic *d(r)(k)akrunā