Where does “lama” come from?

lama (Italian) comes from French lamé, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

lama (Italian): blade; lama; llama

Definitions

  1. blade; lama; llama

Ancestry of “lama”, step by step

lama traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via French lamé

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlamépast participle of lamer
2French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
3Middle French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
4Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
5Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
6Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
7Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

via Spanish llama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishllamaflame; llama
2Latinflammaflame, fire
3Latinflāgrāre—
4Latinfrāgrōto emit a smell of, to smell of, to be redolent of, to reek of
5Proto-Italicfrāgrāō—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂gro-—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰreh₂g-to smell

via Latin lama

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinlamaslough, bog, fen
2Latinlacma—
3Proto-Indo-Europeanlak-—

Words derived from “lama”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Latin -a →Every word from French -é →