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Where does “lagone” come from?

lagone (Italian) comes from Italian lago, from Old Italian laco, from Latin lacus, from New Latin lacrimalis, from Latin lācrima, from Old Latin dacrima, from Proto-Italic *d(r)(k)akrunā, from Proto-Indo-European dáḱru- — eye bitter.

lagone (Italian): hot spring, fumarole

Definitions

  1. hot spring, fumarole

Ancestry of “lagone”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianlagolake
2Old Italianlaco—
3Latinlacusa lake, pond, basin; reservoir; a tank, tub, vat,...
4New Latinlacrimalis—
5Latinlācrima—
6Old Latindacrimatear
7Proto-Italic*d(r)(k)akrunā—
8Proto-Indo-Europeandáḱru-tears; tear
9Proto-Indo-Europeandr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru-eye bitter
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dr̥ḱ-h₂eḱru- →